Mere Musings

Yet another discussion post that I wanted to keep writing about but not annoy my fellow students by getting wildly off topic. “One thing that I’ve thought about recently (this program exposes us to the global reach/scale of the companies that we’re already familiar with) is wondering just how big these mega corporations will get. We live in such an unprecedented time in global scale/business, each company is constantly looking for more improvements and gains, seamingly the only thing keeping them from gobbling up everything is government regulations. Your company choices reminded me of CVS’s attempt to buy Aetna for $69 billion. The only thing standing in their way is potential antitrust regulations. The chapters we read for this week have talked about how we have an interest in continuing OUR big companies, but don’t want other countries to get a foothold, but what if that stands to change? The sense of unity (think of the EU and their economic block) in our globally connected world...

"There's nothing new under the sun," often understood as there's no new things, every story's already been told. Though that's another topic, the thing I wanted to talk about today is about iterative creators, sometimes referred to as "copycats." A Youtuber that I have long enjoyed watching, " Primitive Technology " documents one guy's hobby of living life with "primitive tech." He went out into some land he owned and just started making things, no outside tools and has gradually gotten more advanced, making clay tiles and all sorts of fantastic things. It's both entertaining and calming which is why I've always enjoyed his videos. He has a very distinct style, instead of bombarding you with words or talking, he stays silent, almost emotionless through the entire video, it's a distinct choice and really lends itself to what he's doing. He's the "original" to this genre of youtube channel. Ther...