A couple weeks ago, I was chatting with PrettyNerd and we stumbled onto an interesting topic: the lack of power in deciding one’s own name, and symbolically one’s identity, in today’s society. [chat] PrettyNerd: i don’t think i ever actually told you, but i love your name. Cody A. Ray: thank you. (not that i had […]
If I have learned anything from my involvement in the Drexel Smart House (DSH), it’s that everybody needs a purpose, their slice of the pie, the way in which they contribute to their community’s betterment.* An individual’s purpose was once easily identified: warriors, hunters, farmers,
I’ve exhibited/spoken at two conferences in the past two weeks, and am now staring at the pile of business cards on my desk of folks with whom I should follow up. Yet, I’m reminiscing about going to a bar. Finding a business partner is much like finding a life partner, and people are generally terrible […]
I had a very reflective day, and wrote a lot. Although its written more or less temporally, I tried to “clump†things together under headings to make skimming and understanding it easier. In this post, I discuss human curiosity, posing the question, ‘what could we learn from children, before we shackle them with “social norms‒? I exemplify the human condition as a form of relentless and unforgiven punishment. I discuss at length self-imposed human isolationism complete with a number of personal examples. And I conclude with a brief reference to changing culture.
It’s weird when I stumble upon an artifact which reminds me of a previous life. For instance, the watch I wear every day is a relic of the past, a gift from someone long out of my life. It’s not that it has any sentimental value remaining; it’s merely a very nice watch. When I […]