ridiculousness

Today's class makes me excited to be alive in the time we all happened
to be born. The concept of this... exponential growth of the rate of
change in the world is something that has been brought to my attention
before. everyone in this class should watch the movie waking life. its
a good one. however, i have never thought about the issue quite like
this. i understand the need to "anticipate massive change." the idea of
useful statements needing to be ridiculous makes sense. but what i
can't wrap my head around is how there can be genuinely novel ideas yet
to be thought up. i feel like anything that is "new" these days is just
a cheap copy of something from the past... what is revolutionary
anymore? there is no way we can know what is going to happen next. all
i can do is keep an open mind, i guess. the phrase "surfing tsunamis of
change" is such a fantastic idea i think. surfing takes practice,
knowledge of waves... so what we should do for ourselves and our future
generations is be as conscious as possible of the waves of change
(whats going on in the world around us)... and practice being creative
and open minded. these ideas make me think for some strange reason
about childrens theatre, and art in school systems... the best way to
ensure a positive future is to instill creativity and a sense of
improvisation in the youngest generation...
lets practice ridiculousness with everyone around us? haha