oh dear it's been so long

and i wanted to make this a quasi-daily thing.
okay, so three topic:
our use of excuses serving as a reason to break free from socially constructed norms- drinking- our desires and how they conflict with society- freud-we have to justify our actions, even to ourselves,

how everything is a business- banks, the government-they create reasons for themselves to exist and expand and we have to keep adapting

ways in which our society is becoming less collective- dates back to the creation of paper money rather than bartering- standardizes and isolates- so does technology and the increased personalization of our lives- tivo, ipod, since we can indulge our desires so easily, we do not have to compromise- which eliminates working with other people and creating relationships- we are self-sufficient and do not have to rely on other people for favors, so the need (excuse) for building relationships disappears

the ways in which people use religion- security, obviously, not only in life but in death- so that it is not unknown- create a story for us to believe in.

instincts are social constructions- like in art, saying I don't know, I just felt like it- but it is a result of external influences. what about animals' instincts?