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Tag Archives: revolution
All Things Zero
What is the point to the great war that we have waged three thousand years? Have we discovered any more than better ways to produce gears? The revolution that gave birth to so-called luxury and ease — has our great … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Quinn, extinction, futility, humanity, Ishmael, revolution, self-righteousness, waste
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A Different Revolution
Despite what you may read in books, no revolution brews in noisy bars or quiet cafes among agreeing friends who decide the status quo is flawed, and pay their dues producing pamphlets that describe the means to reach some end. … Continue reading
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Tagged change, committees, evolution, hypocrisy, individuality, rebellion, revolution
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Changing the World
If I say I want to change the world without asking first its permission without asking the right questions without first accepting my limitations without wondering about my own role without looking beyond my own hard science without recognizing the … Continue reading
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Tagged change, daily poems, destiny, inevitability, personal responsibility, revolution
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Thinking about the Sixties
Just sitting here listening to Richie Havens and the song that got Lou Gossett Jr. out of a run-down single room apartment (he wrote Handsome Johnny) … I understand that Mother Culture is whispering constantly in our ears that the … Continue reading
Educating for Revolution
Each small step for mankind, for human life, has been made outside the sterile classroom – in a fetid womb pulsing with unknown and compromising factors. No constants. Each single minutiae significant, and holding within its identity a key to … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, daily poems, education, Jaron Lanier, relativity, revolution
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Seeds of Revolution
Here’s a song I wrote earlier this year that I particularly like – it seems to fit into my current frame of mind 🙂 You thought you’d just take a look, find it in forbidden books And when the old … Continue reading