💻Computing Infinity
Author: R. L.
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Author: R. L.
Last updated
Collecting things is something I enjoy doing. I have done it for as long as I can remember. From shiny rocks to posters, cards to skateboards. Like any person, my lust for objects has different meanings. Depending on what it is, I may be more or less interested in what it stands for as a whole. Perhaps more interested in it as a piece. For example, ancient relics or antiquities. My fascination for historical items is immense.
I would buy an old desolate brick building. To say I own a piece of history, especially if the particular building has character. Curiosity has drawn me to most objects. Although, after the initial spike of concern, something more always seems to draw me closer. In my own belief, it is a hardwired instinct inside of me, ingrained from evolution and millennia of early adaptation and survival of early humans. It is a notion of needing to acquire value or objects of worth in grandiose amounts, with the idea to live more comfortably. To fit in and to get ahead of my fellow man in the competition of life. It is ego-maniacal at worst and what makes us human at best.
As a child, I collected rocks and other simple objects that had worth in my own eyes, according to my own beliefs. As an adult, I still collect many things of worth. More objects now that are seen as valuable in the eyes of others so I can sell or trade my item. At one point, we had just a few objects to choose from that everyone felt were valuable. Now we have many opportunities to trade, many things with liquidity.
Being young allows for naivety to cast illusions of reality. Value is heavily skewed to a child because they do not have much experience trading their time for anything other than whims. As we age, we face rigours and tests that constrain our perspectives and allow us to easily misconstrue the concept of time, money, knowledge and power.
For a young person, there is an infinite ability to spend time. They have a lack of being heavily subjected to it under constrained conditions. In essence, the younger you are, the freer you are to roam and explore. An infinite supply of curiosity exists. The demand to explore only gets hindered by determination, energy and focus.
