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You won't bring me down. Down, d-d-down. - Bibi Bourelly
They want me to be this picture-perfect girl
In a little picture-perfect world
But I cuss when I talk, and I lean when I walk
And I've been through some shit, and I've gained and I've lostYou won't bring me down
Down, d-d-down
You won't bring me down
Down, d-d-down
I asked myself for peace, and found a piece of me, staring at the sea. - Future Islands
All that glitters is gold
Don't believe what you've been told
People lie, people love, people go
But beauty lies in every soulI asked myself for peace
And found a piece of me
Staring at the sea
Are we friends? Do you care? Let it go, let it go, let it go. - Enlightened TV Show
Are we connected?
What do you say about me?
Was I mean to you?
Were you to me?What do you think of me? Deep down?
Am I ridiculous? Or sweet? Or decent?
Are we friends? Do you care?
Let it go, let it go, let it go.
Superman never made any money, savin' the world from Solomon Grundy. And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man like him. - Crash Test Dummies
Hey Bob, Supe had a straight job
Even though he could have smashed through any bank in the United States,
Well he had the strength, but he would notSuperman never made any money
For saving the world from Solomon Grundy
And sometimes I despair the world will never see another man like him
I'm always left of center and that's right where I belong. I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs. - Janelle Monae
Sometimes a mystery, sometimes I'm free
Depending on my mood or my attitude
Sometimes I wanna roll or stay at home
Walking contradiction, guess I’m factual and fictionA little crazy, little sexy, little cool
Little rough around the edges but I keep it smooth
I'm always left of center and that's right where I belong
I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs
The kids are having none of it. They can't be bought, they can't be taught your hate. - Frazey Ford
Get out of the way
You've had your day
And it's no longer how we gon' playThe kids are having none of it
The kids are having none of it
They can't be bought, they can't be taught your hate
We used to wait for it, now we're screaming sing the chorus again. - Arcade Fire
I used to write
I used to write letters, I used to sign my name
I used to sleep at night
Before the flashing light settled deep in my brainNow our lives are changing fast
Hope that something pure can last
We used to wait for it
Now we're screaming sing the chorus again
Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one. And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come. - Cat Stevens
Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot. - Joni Mitchell
They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
Then they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'emDon't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Are you looking for peace of mind? You won't find it in your status line. - Allen Stone
Are you looking for peace of mind?
You won't find it in your status line
What are you trying to prove?
Whose mountain are you trying to move?Are you looking for security?
Validation or identity?
You won't find it in things
The more you got, oh, the less you seeWhatever keeps you occupied
Whatever gives you contact high
Whatever keeps you busy, baby
Will never make you satisfied
These amazing, honest, things that you wrote, they matter. - The Whale Movie
These assignments don't matter.
This course doesn't matter.
College doesn't matter.
These amazing, honest, things that you wrote, they matter.
Each technology we create is transforming society and we need to be careful about considering if and when different technologies may be affecting us either negatively or positively.
- A report commissioned by the National Science Foundation and made public today speculates that by the end of this century electronic information technology will have transformed American home, business, manufacturing, school, family and political life.
- The report warned that the new technology would raise difficult issues of privacy and control that will have to be addressed soon to ''maximize its benefits and minimize its threats to society.''
- There will be a shift away from conventional workplace and school socialization. Friends, peer groups and alliances will be determined electronically, creating classes of people based on interests and skills rather than age and social class.
Study Says Technology Could Transform Society - NY Times (1982)
People may often do inconsiderate things when they are in groups, and people who strongly affiliate with one group of people may naturally want to harm outsiders who are not in that group.
- When people get together in groups, unusual things can happen — both good and bad.
- Groups create important social institutions that an individual could not achieve alone, but there can be a darker side to such alliances:
- Belonging to a group makes people more likely to harm others outside the group.
- In a study that recently went online in the journal NeuroImage, the researchers measured brain activity in a part of the brain involved in thinking about oneself.
- They found that in some people, this activity was reduced when the subjects participated in a competition as part of a group, compared with when they competed as individuals.
- Those people were more likely to harm their competitors than people who did not exhibit this decreased brain activity.