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Via Conrad, a spot-on essay from ZenArchery.com.

Meanwhile, most of the people with any genuine opportunity or ability to effect global change are too busy patting each other on the back at conventions and blue-skying goofy social networking tools that are essentially useless to 95% of the world’s population, who live within fifteen feet of everyone they’ve ever known and have no need to track their fuck buddies with GPS systems.

I couldn't have said it better myself. Even forward-looking folks like the guys at WorldChanging tend to get sidetracked on cool shiny ecotech. There's nothing bad about it, but a lot of it focuses on allowing us to maintain a high standard of living -- not lifting others up.

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To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else.

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