Limitations

I don’t want a smart program deciding things for me. It tends to choose from among those things most recently used, assuming these are my real interests.

My real interests are so varied and diverse that any program attempting to help me only gets in the way.

Just because I liked “The Children Of Huan Shi” does not mean I only like Chinese movies. And just because I liked Patrick Swayze in “City Of Joy” does not mean I only want to watch Swayze movies. And because I liked the two above movies, does not mean I only want to view foreign films.

The same is true across the board. My interest in books, films, food, and music is wildly diverse. I love Chow Yun-Fat, but not all of his films. I think Diana Gabaldon is a fantastic author, but she has written at least one book I didn’t care for at all. The thing is, I am willing to try out all sorts of things, even want to try them out, in order to see if my tastes have changed, or expanded, or perhaps even narrowed.

I don’t want, or need, anyone else deciding what I should, or should not enjoy either. I am fully capable of deciding these things myself.

I have found beauty in the most unlikely places and a depth of understanding that might surprise you in other unlikely places. This world is infinitely interesting and to limit it by those things I already know, or appreciate, or dislike, would be a shame.