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Los Angeles is where you confront the objective fact that you mean nothing; the desert, the ocean, the tectonic plates, the clear skies, the sun itself, the Hollywood Walk of Fame – even the parking lots: everything there somehow precedes you, even new construction sites, and it's bigger than you and more abstract than you and indifferent to you. You don't matter. You're free.LA residents given to talking about life in the city talk about freedom a lot. Without a cohesive citywide identity or community structure, without a city center in any sense of the word, you don't situate your life in relation to some imagined ur-community or parental figures. You're just there. But I'd add one thing: it's true that the city as a whole cares about nothing. But there are a thousand communities, more, within the city.
Tech
Automobile, Open, RSS, Shopping, Crowdsourcing, Visual, Collaboration, Javascript, a11y, s60, MacOS, Net, Web analytics, Development, Audio, Product Management, Hardware, Security, Wearables, Social, Data, OS, Web, Storage, Energy, Medical, Business, barcamp, WRX, Android, AI, Mobile, PIM
Other
L.A., Boston, Surfing, Housing, Quizzes, Transportation, NYC, Berlin, Video, Friday, History, Bicycling, Activism, Statistics, California, Toys, Law, Travel, San Francisco, Agriculture, Life hacks, Politik, Geography, Podcasts, CrowdFlower, Personal care, Clothes, Sports, Feminism, Food & Drink, Minnesota, Games
Music
Events, Making, History, Shopping, Mailing lists, Mp3s, Business, Hip-hop, Videos, House, Lyrics, Labels, Reviews, Booking, Musicians, Mixes, Good tracks, Streams, L.A., Boston
People
Meditation, Life hacks, Health, Stories, Gossip, Working with, ADD, Enemies, Subcultures, Family, Me, Heroes, MOTAS, Weblogs, Friends, Languages, Vocations, Exercise
Arts
Comix, Sculpture, Burning Man, Literature, Desktop wallpaper bait, Outlets, Rhetoric, Events, Poetry, Movies, Humor, Spoken Word, Animation, iPad bait, Visual
Commerce
Non-profit, Investing, Web, Marketing and CRM, Personal finance, Real Estate, IP Law, Insurance, Personal services, Macroeconomics, Microfinance, Shopping, Taxes, Management consulting, International Development
Design
IA, Presentations, Furniture, Cool, Web, Tools, Architecture, Algorithmic, Process, Type, Data visualization, User experience
Science
Statistics and Data, Physics, Psychology, Environment, Zoology, Networks
Travel
Kenya, Vagabond '08, Uganda, Kingdom of Siam