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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
Wearables, s60, OS, Business, Web analytics, Visual, PIM, WRX, Storage, MacOS, Security, Social, Hardware, Medical, Android, Web, Open, Collaboration, Shopping, Crowdsourcing, Product Management, Mobile, RSS, Automobile, Audio, barcamp, Energy, a11y, Data, Development, Javascript, Net
Other
Politik, Boston, Minnesota, Law, Quizzes, San Francisco, Activism, Transportation, Food & Drink, Podcasts, Sports, Friday, Surfing, NYC, Travel, CrowdFlower, Personal care, Video, Feminism, L.A., Statistics, History, Games, Housing, Bicycling, Agriculture, Berlin, Geography, Life hacks, Toys, Clothes
Music
Reviews, Booking, Streams, Mixes, Boston, Mp3s, Labels, Hip-hop, Lyrics, Mailing lists, History, Making, Videos, L.A., Shopping, House, Events, Good tracks, Musicians, Business
People
Family, MOTAS, Friends, Heroes, Weblogs, Exercise, Languages, Life hacks, Me, Vocations, Subcultures, Working with, Meditation, ADD, Gossip, Enemies, Health, Stories
Arts
Outlets, Animation, Desktop wallpaper bait, iPad bait, Spoken Word, Humor, Visual, Burning Man, Events, Poetry, Rhetoric, Sculpture, Comix, Literature, Movies
Commerce
IP Law, Shopping, Real Estate, Microfinance, Non-profit, International Development, Investing, Web, Marketing and CRM, Management consulting, Insurance, Macroeconomics, Taxes, Personal finance, Personal services
Design
Data visualization, Web, IA, Algorithmic, Type, Process, Architecture, Furniture, Tools, User experience, Cool, Presentations
Science
Statistics and Data, Networks, Environment, Physics, Psychology, Zoology
Travel
Kenya, Vagabond '08, Kingdom of Siam, Uganda