Information Measurement Theory has been applied by multitudes of visionary people over the years. One masterful musician and poet who has repeatedly incorporated IMT concepts into his art is the one and only Bob Dylan. I would like to focus on one of Mr. Dylan’s songs in particular, “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”. The…
A person can change their environment but they can’t change who they are.
As life goes on sometimes we make the same mistakes over and over again through our own choices. At times we try to forget our hardships through empty pleasures or a change of scenery. As it turns out, even when we change what’s around us the same problems persist. Our hardships must be solved from within, but first we must recognize that we are the cause of our own problems.…
In his song “Love Yourz”, hip-hop artist and rapper Jermaine Cole examines how materialism has negatively impacted society’s understanding of happiness and of what it means to be successful in the 21st century. Cole, who is better known by his stage name, J. Cole, uses the lyrics of this song to express his displeasure with…
It’s very easy for human beings to get stuck in their ways. The majority of people can recognize that war and famine is bad, but why does it still exist? Why doesn’t the world change? People will see what they want see, and they will only change in ways that they feel comfortable. The problems that we perceive may not be problems to other people or to the world’s policy makers. We can’t change people and we can’t make them see, because they simply lack information. Everyone will change at their own rate, and if it fits the people’s needs, the world will change with them.
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill.
It is human nature to think that there is something better out there in the world. Every person in the world has had dreams of the perfect life, which really is not better than their present life.…
Stop and Stare
This song is about someone perpetually thinking about the action he has to take, but never actually doing anything. This is the person who knows that he isn’t happy and feels like he’s changing, but actually isn’t changing anything in his life. He has the belief that he would be happier doing something else, but…
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