By: Tom Mahoney's other brother

Tom Mahoney's other brother — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:00:47 +0000

James Burke’s ‘Day the Universe Changed’ posits that the modern world has institutionalized the process of change. Research and development are sponsored and, as such, pre-owned.
Artistic creativity is more difficult to pin down. I fear we have confused it with the merely novel. The ‘machine’ co-opts what it wants and markets it to us (Harry Potter et al.) Traditional religion isn’t taken as seriously as vampires. We’re chasing the new so constantly we’re not really interested in what it means or where we’re going. Bradbury and those ’social’ sci- fi guys were on to something. It’s getting late-in more ways than one.

By: jmerccc

jmerccc — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:04:30 +0000

I’m with you there. I believe you need to know how to play by the rules, and then learn to go above and beyond the normal structure for personal satisfaction.

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