{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Pony (pony)'s status on Monday, 23-Apr-12 12:29:19 UTC","author_name":"Pony (pony)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/pony","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1264282","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/1948\" class=\"url\" title=\"Cerulean Spark\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">ceruleanspark<\/span><\/a><\/span> there's infinite space and infinite time, and in the end everything we do on this planet will be nothing, but I don't think that's the point.  You and I have no choice about whether we're useful or not (whether by our own perceptions or others').  Why should we think we have control over anything, even our own usefulness?  I suppose this begs the question of your philosophy about the meaning of existence."}