A book must be an ice axe to break the frozen sea within us. – Franz Kafka
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July 7, 2020 in political theater, Racism, reasonable person, Splice Today, Trumpism | Comments closed
In Splice Today, I wonder about the meaning of Trump’s Mt. Rushmore address. Read it here: https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/how-real-are-the-culture-wars.
November 15, 2019 in Conformist Culture, Critical thinking, greatness, journalism, policy, political theater, popular opinion, Power, President Trump, professionalism, social media, Trumpism, United States, Writing, yellow journalism, zombie culture | Tags: Conformist Culture, conformity, Critical thinking, greatness, journalism, New York Times, policy, political theater, popular opinion, Power, President Trump, professionalism, social media, Trump, Trumpism, United States, Writing, writing life, yellow journalism, zombie culture | Comments closed
September 26, 2019 in Corruption, crime, Critical thinking, graft, impeachment, journalism, media, political theater, politics, popular opinion, President Trump, realpolitik, sensational journalism, Splice Today, Trumpism | Tags: clowns, Corruption, crime, Critical thinking, graft, impeachment, journalism, media, political theater, politics, popular opinion, President Trump, realpolitik, sensational journalism, Splice Today, Trump, Trumpism, US Government | Comments closed
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“To educate is to seek meaning in everything. It is to teach others to seek the meaning of things. This means mixing the dreams of children and young people with the experience of adults and the elderly. This exchange must always take place, or else there can be no humanity because there would be no roots, no history, no promise, no growth, and no prophecy.”
— Pope Francis, 5 June 20
If I don’t believe what you believe, that’s okay. I don’t have to. I will defend your right to hold, express, and live by your own belief system, but you have no right to impose any of it on me.
— Helen Pluckrose
“Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune.”
― Noam Chomsky
“Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up.”
― Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
“I write it myself, edit it myself, censor it myself, publish it myself, distribute it myself, and spend time in prison for it myself.”
— Vladimir Bukovsky
“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery—isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.”
― Charles Bukowski, Factotum
