No Snowflakes please

Dogs named fluffy, pictures of YOUR kid, Bios of I-the-Wunderkind and so forth

I'm not against all that stuff, I just don't want it cluttering the MY well-maintained intellectual landscape. And maybe that's part of the reason I wound up on Vox, it isn't MYSpace or YOUtube or even an Ipod. 

Its the age of the Staggering Genius of I and My.  I'm sure back in the Dark Ages when I was young, (yes - there was such a time, Virginia)  parents may have bitched about how self absorbed the new generation was.  If that was a chant, I sure didn't hear it. The mantra I heard was 'do something'.  And I don't think they had in mind by selecting a template to house the temple of my intellect.  I congratulate those graphic designers who have found their niche creating visually appealing landscapes.  I enjoy those same labors.  But, what of everyone who wants to opt-out on the tough work of creativity?  

Technology is certainly wonderful, but if you can't deconstruct ideas and think critically (i.e. outside the box) - what good is it?  Technology is just a shortcut, an enabler - if you don't ask some good questions and then reflect upon them what have you done?  Wait, Wait I think I know that answer.