But That's What I Think

Most people with access to a radio or the internet have heard the song Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man. It topped the Billboard Adult Alternative list, as well as the Billboard Alternative Chart in just six weeks. The song, while catchy and repetitive has a deeper meaning than most would think.  The band released an i nteractive video  to go along with the song an it reveals exactly what the song is actually about. 30 different "tools to resist" are featured, and in the interactive video the watcher is encouraged to find all of them, with a running count in the corner. Some of the "tools" include donating to the ACLU , standing up for equality , and combating climate change . And those are just the first few.  One of the most repetitive lyrics in the song is "I'm a rebel just for kicks", which can be taken to mean that, in the current time, rebellion against everything is common and it seems like it's just for fun. The band has clear...

All life evolves, it changes and engineers and then re-engineers until it has a completely new look that helps its function. Humans have been evolving since the beginning of the planet, from single cells, to bacteria, to fish, and so on. And while Earth has been evolving, for all we know, so have extraterrestrials. Maybe these aliens have been in the universe for less time than we have, or maybe they've been here much longer, but either way some day one of us will find the other. They will find us, or we will find them. And with the great danger humans have posed to our own survival on Earth, it is most likely that we will have to leave our planet and will run into some other living creature, maybe one that looks similar to us or one that looks nothing like anything we've ever seen before. Regardless of this, maybe we'll visit their planet and see it's the perfect habitat for them. They regularly make differences in their habits to keep their planet clean and safe fo...