I remember getting off the bus on my way to work back in San Francisco in 1978 and seeing the headline about the first test tube baby being born. Just as I was finishing Brave New World. It was a bit eerie.
This is the problem - we are offered only two alternatives: fascist imperialism or neo-liberal globalism. If we are to survive with any of our democracy intact we have to develop a third way.
So what conclusions can be drawn from these concepts?
Huxley was a drug user. I remain pro drug for personal enhancement.
These doom statements empower Puritans and those whose use fear to enforce jailing people, more of the darker skinned ones, for personal profit or personal belief, often race based
Also, I would take a look at how well future predictions pan out on the gloom and doom meter.
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Nice. And true.
Nice. And true.
I remember getting off the bus on my way to work back in San Francisco in 1978 and seeing the headline about the first test tube baby being born. Just as I was finishing Brave New World. It was a bit eerie.
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the govt. created the
the govt. created the philzone.
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Ender is the last zoner I'd
Ender is the last zoner I'd think would come up with a thread title such as this.
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Unfortunately, neither
Unfortunately, neither Postman nor Hitchens are still with us.
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Thanks, government!
Thanks, government!
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This is the problem - we are
This is the problem - we are offered only two alternatives: fascist imperialism or neo-liberal globalism. If we are to survive with any of our democracy intact we have to develop a third way.
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So what conclusions can be
So what conclusions can be drawn from these concepts?
Huxley was a drug user. I remain pro drug for personal enhancement.
These doom statements empower Puritans and those whose use fear to enforce jailing people, more of the darker skinned ones, for personal profit or personal belief, often race based
Also, I would take a look at how well future predictions pan out on the gloom and doom meter.
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Industry
Industry
Media
Sales
Money
Evil
'Murica.
Feelies?
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Ya, but JERRY said...we will
Ya, but JERRY said...we will get by....we will survive....
I just thought he should be included in discussion...
Carry on
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Even though love isn't coming
Even though love isn't coming for us all.
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Jerry was rich by then,
Jerry was rich by then, Jambone. That's easier to say when you're a rich man. They wouldn't have been talking about that shit back in the 60's.
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I used to play with Aldous'
I used to play with Aldous' grandson when we were about 5 when my parents would visit his in NY.
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I appreciate that cartoon's
I appreciate that cartoon's breakdown (never read the books)
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http://whale.to/b/eight_o
http://whale.to/b/eight_o.html
The short story the movie, They Live, is based on.
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IMO, everyone needs to read
IMO, everyone needs to read those two books.