SONIC UNDERGROUND!

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There's no point to the title other than to grab your attention, but if you're curious it's a radical TV show about Sonic the Hedgehog and his brother, Manic, and his sister, Sonya, and they fight Dr. Robotnic with guitars, drums, and keyboards...yeah, I'm cultured...and yet, you laugh at me.

In all seriousness, this is what I would want every autobiography to be like: self-aware. All throughout this first part I was just reading what looks to be nonsense, but then at the end (SPOILER ALERT) he's like, "Haha, jokes on you, nerd. I was kidding the whole time! Haha 'ecks-dee' lol." Regardless of him saying all that was said before was a joke, he brought up a good point: what if man's suffering was to more of an advantage than man's pleasure? Honestly, history can show us that at points, advancements in technology and knowledge have shown massive increases during times of war. It makes sense, when you're practically fighting for your life and freedom, you must evolve quickly in order to increase your chances of survival. Now I'm not saying that we should be in war at all times so we can hurry up and develop teleportation and flying cars (but hey, it'd be nice...), yet it's during periods of war--and as a result, suffering--that the human race is in an objective state of "in the advantage."

"Wow, Noah, you just want us to be in a constant state of war so we can develop teleportation for the sole purpose for you to teleport to Krispy Kreme on a moments notice because you're just hungry and lazy."

No, please don't get the wrong idea, I simply play devil's advocate because that's all Dostoevsky did in this part. But uh...hit me up if you want Krispy Kreme sometime...

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  1. Will BradyNovember 13, 2017 at 11:11 PM

    I've heard that Sonic has gone downhill over the years, but seriously?

    In any case, I wouldn't say that war always leads to an "advantage." Increases in technology are well and good, but they're counterbalanced by war debts, collateral damage, food shortages, and loss of life. The Industrial Revolution did a decent job at spreading some new technology to man more peacefully; but it doesn't escape me, of course, that the transition from the farm to the factory and the slow climb to decent labour conditions still led to a lot of suffering on the part of the working class.

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  2. Abigail BrockNovember 13, 2017 at 11:23 PM

    I think you make a good point. When lives are on the line people become more productive and things get done quicker. Again, its not a good place to be in and should not be a constant thing but it definitely is an interesting observation.

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