Voici un petit vidéo sympathique sur le “phénomène” Twitter.

N’y a-t-il pas un peu de vrai là-dedans?

Je suis tombé sur ce texte récemment.

Parfois, il y a des histoires qui, l’espace d’un moment, nous font réfléchir et remettre en perspective bien des choses.

Bref, une histoire triste, mais inspirante qui permet de décrocher un petit peu de la monotonie de la campagne électorale en cours.

« Je vois ma vie d’une façon … Je vais vous l’expliquer, OK? La plus grande chose à propos de demain est que je serai meilleur que je le suis aujourd’hui. Et c’est ainsi que je vois ma vie. Je serai meilleur en tant que golfeur, je serai meilleur en tant que personne, je serai meilleur en tant que père, je serai meilleur en tant que mari, je serai meilleur en tant qu’ami. C’est la beauté de demain. Un recul est impossible. Les leçons que j’apprends aujourd’hui, je les appliquerai demain, et j’en serai meilleur. »

~ Tiger Woods

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the US should help the US, uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.

W-O-W! Pouvez-vous vous imaginer qu’elle a tout de même réussi à se classer 4ème au pageant de Miss Teen USA?! Un extrait du film Billy Madison avec Adam Sandler vient exprimer exactement ma pensée par rapport à sa réponse.

What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Le vidéo de la mémorable performance de Miss South Carolina

~ Theodore Roosevelt

• a facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought…
• never explain–your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway
• the most wasted of all days is one without laughter
• it is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument
• in an argument, stupid people tend to bring you down to their level, then they beat you with experience
• men live in a fantasy world. I know this because I am one, and I actually receive my mail there
• the more things change, the more they remain… insane
• If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything
• Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight
• stupid is as stupid does
• Nobody believes the official spokesman… but everybody trusts an unidentified source
• her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn’t amount to much
• the trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass
• You can only be young once. But you can always be immature
• Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others.
• the advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time
• here’s the thing about mistakes, sometimes, even when you know something is a mistake, you gotta make it anyway..
• people everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news
• Carol, There are just some things you can’t compromise on. Some things you can. New suit, yah. Dream house, maybe. But the girl… You can’t compromise on the girl. ~Ed Stevens (ep. 212 "end and means")
• I’ll sleep when I’m dead.
• Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
• first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
• the optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true
• When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.
• The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
• Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
• This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time. –Tyler Durden
• fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son
• a moo point: it’s like a cow’s opinion. It just doesn’t matter. It’s moo. –Joey
• Confusion is always the most honest response.
• often statistics are used as a drunken man uses lampposts…for support rather than illumination
• My purpose in life is to transport huge quantities of coffee from the coffee maker to a urinal
• Do not seek death; death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
• ambition is the last refuge of failure
• Crime does not pay … as well as politics
• I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
• if you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?
• I’ve given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
• the devil’s greatest trick was convincing the world he didn’t exist
• a beer in the hand is better than two in the fridge
• nothing in this world that’s worth having comes easy
• You know what it’s like, when you don’t want to miss them but you want them to miss you
• Living is easy with eyes closed
• I’ve never been drunk, but often I’ve been overserved.
• better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt
• Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.
• It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
• Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.
• Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving
• The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
• Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18.
• The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
• no day but today
• He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead
• Here’s to you and here’s to me, and I hope we never disagree. But, if that should ever be, to HELL with you, here’s to ME!
• I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
• It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving.
• Alcohol doesn’t solve any problems, but then again, neither does milk.
• Most people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.
• The pessimist says, "this glass is half empty."
  The optimist says, "this glass is half full."
  the engineer says, "this glass is exactly twice as large as it needs to be."
• "You know….we find your American beer a lot like making love in a canoe…."
  "Making love in a canoe…?"
  "Yes….it’s f*cking close to water…."
• Marge, get me my address book, 4 beers, and my conversation hat.

Quoiqu’il en soit, le premier chapitre qui porte sur l’importance d’ignorer tout le monde m’a fortement marqué car je pense qu’il se veut profondément vrai. Je l’ai vécu, plusieurs l’ont vécu. Lorsqu’il s’agit de faire découvrir une nouvelle idée, demander à ses proches ce qu’ils en pensent est généralement une mauvaise idée.

Pourquoi? D’abord, bien que vos proches ne voudraient jamais volontairement vous nuire, ils ne connaîtront jamais votre monde aussi bien que vous, même s’ils essaient du mieux qu’ils le peuvent et même si vous tentez de le leur faire découvrir.

Mais le point, le plus intéressant qui vient, à mes yeux, valider cette position est le fait que, par nature, vos proches ne veulent pas que vous changiez; ils vous aiment comme vous êtes. Si une idée pourrait faire en sorte que vous changeriez, la dynamique de leur relation avec vous changerait également.

Ergo, they have no incentive to see you change. And they will be resistant to anything that catalyzes it. That’s human nature. And you would do the same, if the shoe was on the other foot.

Et ce n’est pas seulement vrai avec vos proches. Dans le milieu des affaires aussi, la résistance à un changement dans la dynamique de la relation de vos collègues avec vous se veut tout aussi palpable.

With business colleagues it’s even worse. They’re used to dealing with you in a certain way. They’re used to having a certain level of control over the relationship. And they want whatever makes them more prosperous. Sure, they might prefer it if you prosper as well, but that’s not their top priority.

If your idea is so good that it changes your dynamic enough to where you need them less, or God forbid, THE MARKET needs them less, then they’re going to resist your idea every chance they can.

Comme l’auteur le répète souvent, ce n’est pas par méchanceté ou par égoïsme, c’est généralement uniquement par nature humaine que cette résistance se fait sentir.

Je crois qu’on peut bien illustrer ce phénomène en prenant en analogie deux bons amis célibataires. Lorsque l’un deux se trouve une partenaire, les sentiments de l’autre ami sont en dualité: d’un côté, il est extrêmement heureux pour son ami, mais de l’autre, il vient de perdre la dynamique confortable qu’il chérissait avec son ami ce qui le fait secrètement un peu “chier”…

Nature humaine je vous dis!

GOOD IDEAS ALTER THE POWER BALANCE IN RELATIONSHIPS, THAT IS WHY GOOD IDEAS ARE ALWAYS INITIALLY RESISTED.

C’est probablement pourquoi il y a si peu de grandes idées qui font leur chemin: ceux qui les ont n’ont pas la force pour vaincre la résistance qui les entoure. Je pense que ce texte marque un point majeur dans l’importance d’ignorer tout le monde, du moins en ce qui a trait à la créativité. Non?

Pour faire un court résumé ce qu'il en est, Sam Bulte est une des responsables derrière le projet de loi C-60 portant sur la réforme du droit d'auteur au Canada, projet de loi que plusieurs qualifient de pro-industrie (je ferai d'autres articles concernant le bill C-60). Mais le questionnement populaire ne vient pas uniquement de là. En effet, il semble que les campagnes de Mme Bulte ont été grandement financées par l'industrie du divertissement.

De surcroît, une levée de fond prévue pour le 19 janvier doit être tenue par les lobbyistes du droit d'auteur pour supporter Mme Bulte. Aux yeux de la population, ceci apparaît évidemment comme un conflit d'intérêt majeur et soulève des doutes quand à l'éthique de la candidate.

Au cours de la dernière semaine, les réponses de Bulte semblaient simples: elle ne fait rien d'illégal alors ceux qui critiquent ses relations devraient tous la laisser tranquille. Or ce que Mme Bulte semble oublier, c'est qu'il y a une différence entre illégal et immoral ou non-éthique. Pour la citer:

These people have become my friends and I don’t apologize for that

Rob Hyndman critique fortement la position de celle qui espère devenir la nouvelle ministre de l'héritage et du patrimoine:

[...], “these people” are lobbyists, using money, power and access to protect their businesses at the expense of other interests in Canadian society. Surely it’s their job to get close to her, and a home run if they can convince her that they are her ‘friends’. One listens to one’s friends. They seem to have done their job of getting close to her rather well. Is this enough of a sign that Bulte has spent too much time with one side of the issue?

With friends like these, who needs democracy?

Cet article de la Canadian Press résume bien les inquiétudes entourant cette levée de fond.

The event has drawn the attention of several Internet blogs as well as criticism from prominent Canadian historian Jack Granatstein, who says the bash is inappropriate for a politician who could spearhead key changes to copyright law if she's re-elected on Jan. 23.

« I worry when any politician, at any time but particularly in an election time, is given a fundraiser by a lobby group, » said Granatstein, author of more than a dozen books on Canadian politics.

« Politicians should be somewhat more careful than to be seen to be in the pocket of a particular collection of lobbyists on a matter of public importance. »

De plus, si ce n'était pas suffisant, il semble que ces lobbys servent davantage des intérêts corporatifs américains que ceux des artistes canadiens. Fading Ways Record a émis un communiqué de presse très intéressant à ce sujet.

CRIA, via their statistics-heavy press releases, persist on manipulating opinion polls and numbers to claim that they speak for Canadian citizens and the majority of Canadian artists – nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the interests of intermediaries like CRIA are not the same as the interests of the musicians, songwriters and other creator groups. CRIA can no more legitimately claim to politically represent musicians, than bank owners can claim to represent those who have bank accounts.

Furthermore, CRIA’s boast that they represent more than 95% records produced and sold in Canada is misleading. In fact, they represent the interests of the “Canadian” major labels, who are in fact cultural importers (largely of US acts) rather than exporters of Canadian artists. Very often Canadian artists like Danko Jones have to sign to foreign labels in order to export their own music. CRIA’s close ties to MP Bulte (”they are my friends”, she explained) are questionable and objectionable. Fading Ways Records believes that Canadian Heritage should be controlled by true Canadian cultural interests, not political sell-outs.

Finalement, CBC Radio a interviewé les parties principales dans cette situation. Les entrevues audio (flux audio Real) de Michael Geist et de la membre du Parlement Sarmite Bulte sont un bon moyen de comprendre les positions de chacun.

Bref, cette histoire ne semble pas ralentir. Je vous tiendrez au courant à mesure que les choses évolueront.

.:: Sunglasses may only be worn indoors after 1 a.m.
.:: Do not buy the product insurance.
.:: Carry a pocket knife.
.:: One girlfriend is probably enough.
.:: Revenge can be a good way of getting over anger.
.:: Always bring a bottle of something to the party.
.:: When a friend calls after a drunken night, never say, “You were so funny.”
.:: Avoid staying out past midnight three nights in a row.
.:: You can ignore the three-night rule if something really good comes up on the third night
.:: When the bartender asks, you should already know what you are ordering.
.:: Drink plenty of coffee.
.:: When in doubt, always kiss the girl.
.:: You will regret your tattoos.
.:: Time is too short to do your own laundry.
.:: Do thirty-push ups before you shower each morning.
.:: Be a regular at a bar.
.:: Pretty women who are unaccompanied want you to talk to them. Ask someone for an introduction.
.:: The first round of drinks is on you.
.:: You’ll regret much more the things you didn’t do than the things you did.
.:: Avoid the “last” glass of whiskey. You’ve probably had enough.
.:: You cannot have a love affair with whiskey because whiskey will never love you back.
.:: If you believe in evolution, you should know something about how it works.
.:: Never date an ex of your friend.