its a heartless corporate analyst writing up the after effects of the loss of the Aurora after Ryley gets back

but the fact that some manner of "The Corporation" is the main antagonist means that in my head, the conflict is turning kind of "Worker Drones of the universe, unite! You have nothing to lose but your DRM chains!"-shaped.

Wow. This is the first real post, and this is a heavy topic. We talked about luck in the last post so let me reveal here that I am DEFINITELY one of the lucky ones. That is why I’m making this journey. But here’s the deal - I believe that to a large degree we can influence our own luck.

One of the ways to do that, is to work our asses off, and get into excellent schools (colleges). I go to one of the best colleges in the world (not bragging but this establishes my credibility when I proceed to bash and criticize them). There are many people here who come from the poorest of families, yet have worked their asses off and reached stellar heights.

I believe that every person who gets this lucky, is now bound by a lot of responsibility. People out there are hungry, scared, cowering in war zones. They are dying. We were the lucky ones. If you’re in the west and are reading this, you are lucky relative to just about anyone in Syria, for example. 

This is NOT a “check your privilege post”. I don’t believe in that BS (more on this in another post). This is a “maybe you should reconsider taking art history as a major” kind of post. Because we have a duty to give back to the community and to help our fellow man. The fact remains that most people don’t see it that way. Most people here get drunk for 4 years and then work at their daddy’s firm. But then there are those who emerge and make the world better.

But, this is not what this post is about, as you can tell from the title. So let’s get to it:

I look around this school and all I see is incredible, incredible potential. In every one of these students (barring most athletes and legacy people), there lies the potential and the power to chart their own course, create products, services, and programs that will change the world. My class includes a girl who found a way to better detect breast cancer before she even applied to college. I mean, the opportunities are staggering. 

Yet most people never use them. My friends, incredibly talented people (mostly computer science majors), dream about working for Google, or Apple, or Facebook (possibly the most useless company out there). That’s all great, but they can do so much more. 

They could start their own companies, build products previously unseen, start technological revolutions. 

Instead they will become a cog in a massive machine. One that will slowly but surely rob them of their personality until they become 9-5 drones working on whatever their boss tells them to do. Their boss will probably be a talentless hack by the way, because that is how corporations work.

Other friends of mine are studying Economics to enter the finance world and are stressing about interviewing for JPMorgan, and Goldmann Sachs, and all the other perpetrators of the Credit Crunch. When they tell me that I think: great, making the rich richer. Fantastic. They do it for the money because there is nothing else to it. They could go into government, or become academicians, spawning economic theories and policies that would help out those in need and save the world. Instead they too will become corporate drones, not 9-5 corporate drones mind you, but more like 24/7 with bathroom breaks corporate drones.

Finally there is the example of my own field: law. There are fellow pre-laws at this school who gleefully admit that they want to do corporate or patent law for the money. This actually makes me want to cry. For two reasons. Primarily, they too will become corporate drones, working for KPMG or another behemoth that will turn them into administrative slaves and drown their full potential. They could be litigating cases before high courts, making the law more equitable and efficient, punishing those who are guilty, but instead, they have sold out, just like everyone else. Secondly, 

So here’s the challenge for today: consider taking your talent and developing it. Don’t settle for a job at a corportation. EVERYONE is doing that, which is why you should not. Start your own company. Create a service or product that will help people. At the end of the day, it will also net you more money than working at a massive company as a disposable cog. We all have the potential to do good for the world, and the sad part is, that those who have the most, rarely do anything with it. Go and change the world, take a path no one else has taken before. 

You can always go back to Facebook, or JPMorgan, or KPMG if you give up, but this does not necessarily work the other way around. 

blue chip: Think outside the box!

blue chip: Innovate!

blue chip: Take risks!

blue chip: Be creative!

Titan Aerospace Purchased By Google: Corporate Aerial Drones Will Soon Be Reality

Titan Aerospace is just one of the many companies Google has been purchasing over the last few months. Other recent purchases by Google include military robot maker Boston Dynamics and smart-home device manufacturer Nest. So far the price Google paid for Titan Aerospace has been undisclosed.

Read more at Inquisitr: http://www.inquisitr.com/1212293/titan-aerospace-purchased-by-google-corporate-aer…