The Pull Out Method
This post is not an homage to the band, or the last ditch contraceptive method (not condoned by myself), but rather a post reflecting on the past month spent disconnected…
Scary isn’t?
For those of you that are unaware I grew up for the most part on the island of Maui, way out in the middle of the Pacific. Thus, as winter dawned I decided to escape back home, and in the midst of last minute packing I threw Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s masterpiece, Fooled By Randomness into my bag. For anyone that hasn’t read it or the pseudo-sequel The Black Swan, go buy it NOW! The heart of the book grapples with the illusion we create to trick ourselves into believing that we have even a shred of ability to predict the future. We live in a world of denial, where we build complex prediction systems to help us sleep at night (They also double as great scape goats when the ^#&* hits the fan).
I finished the last chapter waiting for my parents to rendezvous with me at the airport and I decided to make a pre-New Year’s resolution:
Disconnect until I return to New York & rise above the noise.
Noise is the day-to-day chatter, the overblown memes, and the X is the new X killer articles. I’m an info-maniac, and quite literally went through a tough withdraw, however, as I’m catching up on the 1,000,000 blog posts clogging my Greader, I am beginning to see the larger themes, ideas, and trends. It’s a fascinating experience.
People on the forefront of any revolution tend to get too caught up in there space, hence the manifestation of bubbles, because they throw themselves into the cyclone of noise. I understand being able to disconnect for a month is a ridiculous luxury, but try to disconnect whenever you can, and actually sit back and assess all the information you have accumulated.
Dots will start to connect themselves, instead of being swept up in the next info blitz.
That said The Ad-Vocate is up and running again, expect a deluge of new posts.
THE AD-VOCATE 
I like how that phrase sounds. Rise above the noise. I definitely agree that it’s important to take a break every now and then. In my case, I need to make the most of my free time sleeping. I’m always busy with work and other priorities. Add the fact that I sleep like a bear in hibernation. To me, sleeping for a week is the sweetest vacation I can ask for.