Brian Lam

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I guess we’re all filthy hacks now

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No one gets it 100% right. So, it’s rather meaningless when we call each other hacks over rumors. When you’re up to be wrong, you’ll be up. And the internet will be waiting. With knives. And who’s going to stand up for you then? It’s better we respect each other’s work and cooperate in a linked economy rather than try to compete in a game that isn’t zero-sum. I mean, what are we even trying to compete for? It makes no sense. I have to say that things would be better if everyone understood that about the way news works these days. But I also must admit to a certain pleasure in seeing those who have pissed me off get a karmic boot up their asses. I am not proud of it, but those old instincts from days at Fairtex will probably never go away. Instead of arguing with people, or punching each other in the face, in my thirties, I find it’s best to jump into the ocean’s white water and realize we’re all floating pieces of shit powerless against something like a little wave. Some more than others.

Written by Brian Lam

August 25, 2009 at 7:31 am

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