Random Thoughts:Just when you get sick of rules

I've been catching up lately with the U.S. series "House of Cards" (still in the Season 1 but almost done) and so far it's not failing to struck me; at how evil and dirty the politics is and how a real gamer should play well with balls and numbers. The detailed portrayal of the scheme keeps racking my brain. The effect on me goes as far as doubting the credibility of the fifth state in the worst way that you can imagine. This is the sort of arena that got no room for honesty and clean conscience. But let's leave the full review to my post soon in Now Brewing. However, don't get me wrong on my statement on media. It's as vicious as the others -- a savage that drool over fresh and exclusive scoop, men and women who slut their way around potential and influential source, ready to manipulate a story if necessary -- these and far worst bargains for their own benefits. But what else can they do? Survival of the fittest is the main rule here.

I'd like to give a special attention to the fictional company in the show, the Slugline. It's an online media company that seemed to be revolutionary in its format and protocol. First, the office got no cubicles. There are chairs and tables and couches at every corner. Most likely the wire cables are hanging in the wall so one can just plug the net to her laptop. When you enter the premise, you'll see the staff all busy with their own gadgets -- laptop, mobile phone, tablet, etc. -- some are squatting in the floor while others are lying cozly in the sofa with earphones on their ears, not giving a care to the other people around them. Well, that's very anti-social but they're there to work after all. They post, blog, and write news  or anything they think of online. Another privilege they enjoy is that they are saved from the sometimes fair but oftentimes unreasonable judgments of the copy editor and bosses. They can post anything without the approval of the boss; as long as they themselves are confident that their story is worth of posting. As long as it's capable of breaking the internet.

Now isn't that something cool and unusual? It offers the freedom from your work desk, it relieves you from the red marks that require revisions, and it gives you limitless option for topics you want to jnvest your time on. This is kind of a disorganized system but the organized one often puts the people in a box. Just like what happened to Zoe before she strut her way to Underwood's door. The Herald dictated the story she should write. While she can definitely do more than that, her hands are tied and her skills buried.

It brings me to the fancy idea that we are now starting to get back to the old times; where there are less rules and less boxes to imprison ourselves on. The time before the writing got its standard form and technique; the time when people aren't binded in desk and chair; when suit and ties aren't a handcuff. Just when we thought that we are in evolution towards a more advanced and highly digital world, we are actually being drawn back to the world before our time. Rules, system, protocol are starting to dissolve; we are getting back to our wild, untamed, barbaric self. Not too long now. We're getting there.