…as Ottmar Liebert points out here, there’s something very Zen about the idea of ceding control of one’s musical selections to a machine. “Zen Buddhism teaches that there is no self, just a mental construct that makes us believe that there is a separate and isolated me,” he writes. “Often we use music to enforce our mood. When we are sad, we look for sad music. When we are lovesick, a song about heartbreak sounds like it is about us! When we are happy, we look for upbeat music. ... I think the iPod Shuffle is cool, because it is great to observe our reaction to random emotion.” – via AdFreak.
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<p>…as Ottmar Liebert points out <a href="http://www.injournals.org/ottmar/archives/000281.html">here</a>, there’s something very Zen about the idea of ceding control of one’s musical selections to a machine. “Zen Buddhism teaches that there is no self, just a mental construct that makes us believe that there is a separate and isolated me,” he writes. “Often we use music to enforce our mood. When we are sad, we look for sad music. When we are lovesick, a song about heartbreak sounds like it is <strong>about us</strong>! When we are happy, we look for upbeat music. ... I think the iPod Shuffle is cool, because it is great to observe our reaction to random emotion.” – <a href="http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2005/02/an_uncertain_ta.html">via AdFreak</a>.</p>
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