What I felt from watching Jesus Camp

 Every man has a right to choose what to believe depending on his/her rationality. Look at Jesus camp and what happening in there. An adult woman makes a creepy atmosphere, tells same thing repeatedly and threatens children to repent. Those behaviors lead bunch of children fall into a deep trance, so that they become vulnerable to all kinds of mind attacks including hypnosis and brainwash. By going through this process, children's week minds are have cleaned, and children became devoted servants of the Lord. What is their original sin? I think it is that they were born under extreme evangelical parents. Their faiths were coerced, not chosen by themselves. Most of them would not realize that the event was anti-human and had changed their life forever even after they grew up. This is very unfortunate, happening no matter where and when, even now.
 As Martin Luther did in about 500 years ago, I think a religious reformation should be performed nowadays too. Many agrees a religion has been corrupted and distorted to the original purpose of religion. I hope a religion to be changed to one more fits to its original purpose, admitting other's belief, and not coercing its faith. There should not be any children suffering from a religion anymore. It is a religion, not children, that should be awake.

If you could have dinner with anyone, alive or dead, who would it be?

   I arrived in In-N-Out, where I and Sean had promised to meet, looking around the restaruant. I just can't believe this reality. Sean is the one I definitely want to meet ever since I watched the movie The Social Network. I searched his more detail profile, as I get to know him more, I kinda fell into him more. His life was really similar to my ideal life, that he didn't go to college, became popular for his age 19 and is a super rich in silicon valley. He co-founded Napster, a infamous milestone in music industry, when he was 19 giving up the opportunity to go to college unlike most of other high school students. He played very important role in early development of Facebook by advising Facebook team and connecting them to silicon valley venture capitalists. And as a reward, he got 7% of Facebook stock, so now he is a super rich having more than 1 billion dollars. When I've been thinking one thing and another, I just noticed him coming.

I: "Oh, hello Mr.Parker. I'm glad to meet you. I just can't believe this is true."

Sean : "Hey, you must be su-jae right? Sure, this is true and you and I are having dinner. You don't think this is kind of imagination happening in someone's brain, right? By the way, just call me Sean."

I: "OK. That thing reminds me of that scene in the movie Social Network. You know, that you say to Mark remove the from thefacebook. Did you see that movie?"

Sean : "Sure. Well, I first want to tell you that most of the movie is just fake. It is the movie made in Hollywood so there are many exaggerations and distortions to make it more interesting. I feel dissatisfied to it, but I don't want to complain it 'cause I know that's how things are working in Hollywood."

I : "Oh I see. Let's talk about your life. I think the decision not to go to college required many bravery because not so many people actually take that decision. How did you come up with the decision?"

Sean : "That's kind of evident to me then. Napster was just in front of my eyes, college education to me felt pretty petty. Think about it. You'll gonna change the whole world soon, now, do you want to go to a university?"

I : "So, have you ever regretting that decision?"

Sean : "No, definitely not. I always want to live a unique life as you can see from my path of life. Going to college is way too common and dull. Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and bunch of other IT giants had drop out of the university. It means managing the company is much interesting and fun than attending the school."

I : "Well... I kinda think of that too. How do you think about it? Will you recommend me not to go to a university?"

Sean : "Hmm, recommending is a different level of telling my story. What I can say is just live your life, not your parents' life or not your teacher's life. If you have a solid vision, nothing much matters. Believe in yourself and take a decision resolutely."

I : "Oh that helps me a lot. Actually my dream is to be a entrepreneur, like you. Can you tell me your life as an entrepreneur?"

Sean : "I think I got to tell you the story when I first co-founded Napster with my friends. You have heard of it, Napster right? It is a ancestor of torrent. People downloaded and shared musics with Napster. The power of Napster was explosive. All of the people in music industry became enraged and threatened us that they'll accuse us. All we can do was filing for bankruptcy against huge amounts of money as compensation. I know it was the service has many legal problems, but it was also a necessary evil for the music industry. It had been one step behind the internet era, so by Napster it can radically reform itself, finally following the internet era. So I'm very proud of founding Napster. And, I want to tell you this. When you start a company, the money don't have to be in priority. Fun should be the priority. That is a hacker spirit and silicon valley spirit. Once you be excited about the idea and can't stand anymore without starting a company, money and reputation automatically follow you."

I : "Interesting story! And helped me a lot, too. Um, not only Napster, you also involved in Facebook right? Well, did you know Facebook will succeed when you involved? If so, is there a measure for judging startups' potential success?"

Sean : "When I first met Mark and heard about Facebook, I just was fascinated. I told you that fun is important. The idea of Facebook was obvious and logical. Connecting the people on online, it was a service that everyone wanted but no one have served. Like I told you, if you find an idea that is so fun that you can't stand anymore without it, it would succeed and change the world. That's how I measure the potential of ventures."

I : "I'll keep that in mind. Actually I have an idea like you described, and now i'm sure it would succeed, haha. Well, as a person who wants to participate in IT business, I want to hear your expectation of IT business."

Sean : "Sorry, I just can't tell you. 10 years ago, I didn't know the existence of Google, and surely there wasn't a Facebook. Nobody has expected the advent of smartphone, development of Google or Microsoft's suffering. Leaving an expectation of IT industry is like leaving a laughing stock, so I won't leave it. All I can tell you is that it is an ocean of myriads of opportunities. So come here, grab them and get succeeded. I'm sure you can do it."

I : "I think I asked a stupid question. Um, I think we must got to go now, it's so late. Thank you for all the advises and the answers."

Sean : "You're welcome. I hope you be a cool entrepreneur. Bye"

If you could have dinner with anyone, alive or dead, who would it be?[brainstorming]

"A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars"

Sean Parker(Justin Timberlake), The Social Network

  Whom :  Sean Parker, an IT businessman who co-founded Napster and involved in early development of Facebook. Also a rich, who has more than $1.6 billion from the facebook's stock.

  When : Not much matters, sooner will be better.

  Why : I think I have to declare that his image to me is almost from "The Social Network." So he may can be very different from that movie, and I may be mistaking him. But I will suppose he is as much cool and smart as appeared in the movie "The Social Network."

(Actually, I was bit surprised to his appearance, far different from Justin Timberlake)

(This picture is way better.)

I was totally captivated to him in the movie when he said "A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion dollars." He was the one who exactly understood the essence of the silicon valley ventures, that one who has bigger dream wins. Mark first thought facebook as a social networking site only for university students.(Not only in the movie, but also in reality.) Now, facebook became a site with the most number of members more than 5 billions and functions as 'utility' as Mark said. Sean was the one who had the vision, could see the future and potential of the company. Most people tend to be afraid of the future and evaluate a potential as least as can. I really respect him and think highly of him due to this point. I want to learn his visions and how not be afraid of the future when starting a startup having a dinner with him. Moreover, I have a deep interest toward his life. His life is full of interesting parts from that he co-founded Napster and his education ended at high school diploma to he has been in Facebook from the beginning. The most interesting part to me, is that he didn't go to a college. Unlike other people, he didn't go to college. He refused to go to college and just founded Napster with his friends. He is very similar to me at this part. It is an open secret that I don't want to go to college. I believe there is a certain value in college education, but I think founding a company and diving into the real world would be more valuable to me. So, listening to his path of life would advise me how to live(that, at least whether go to college or not) and will be a compass to my life. More importantly, he is an expert of ventures with abound experiences of them. His Napster was may a commercial failure and immoral program, but was a milestone of music industry, changing it forever. I would be really excited hear a vivid story of ventures from the one who had founded the most famous(or, infamous) venture and is in the most famous company(Facebook) now. And actually he has many connections in silicon valley,which means he can practically help me. He's the one who introduced Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook to venture capitalists and angels.Same thing can happen to me later, so with these points I would have a dinner with Sean Parker.
  Where : at In-N-Out Burger.

Is there a guy who don't like In-N-Out burgers living in western USA? Well, might be, but he's not. He's a silicon valley guy used to eat this kind of fast food, not a fine restaurant's cuisine. Having a conversation with him eating burgers, french fries with melted cheese and cokes would be the most valuable experience to me.

Questions :
1. Sean, how does it feel to be a revolutionary? You know, you've opened the world of illegal download of music, and changed the music industry.

2. Sean, do you satisfy your decision not to go to a university? Maybe surely is because you are now such a rich, but I mean did generally your decision help you to have a better life? Will you recommend not to go to a university to other person, especially, me?

3. Sean, how could you be so sure about Facebook's success? Actually many venture starters kind of feel anxious toward the future of their ventures. Is there a measure for judging startups' potential?

4. Sean, is there a venture you are currently interested of? What venture you have seen has the best business model?

5. Sean, the conflict between Mark and Eduardo whether posting ads to Facebook or not was pretty interesting to me when I watched The Social Network. How do you think about the importance of the commercial success? Since ventures are not donations you have to think about the commerce thing. How should enterpreneur balance between the idea and the commerce?

6. Sean, people say the 10 years of IT industry is a 100 years of other industries. So it might be a fool question, but how do you think of future of IT? Many changed since the advent of smartphone, and surely no need to mention Google or Facebook. How will the structure of IT industry change, and who will be the winner of it?

7. Sean, I heard many criticisms about a current status of IT industry, that it is similar to  the dot com bubble of 20th century. How do you think of this opinion?