Archive for February, 2006
Friday, February 24th, 2006
Chilly this morning. Foggy. The trees stand shrouded in mist. In the predawn darkness they are silent pillars, almost ghostly. I zip my jacket further up under my chin to delay the inevitable creeping chill.
I have arrived at the monestary grounds just minutes before the gate opens. I like that. I like being here at [...]
Thursday, February 16th, 2006
The life of a community is more vulnerable than public life. A community cannot be made or preserved apart from the loyalty and affection of its members and the respect and goodwill of the people outside it…As the technological, economic, and political means of exploitation have expanded, communities have been more and more victimized by [...]
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
Someday, it will be obvious that all the content on our information platforms converges on this theme: there is no important difference between fabrication and reality…Some people refuse to believe that reality has become indistinguishable from fabrication. But beliefs are crude reflections of the psychological processes that actually determine how we function. Fat people believe [...]