Arthur C Clarke talks about the future
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wrote on 29 Aug 2021, 20:52 last edited by George KLink to video
By the way 2001 was 20 years ago....
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wrote on 29 Aug 2021, 21:07 last edited by
Way off. WAY off!
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wrote on 29 Aug 2021, 23:33 last edited by
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wrote on 30 Aug 2021, 01:35 last edited by
It’s cool that Clarke and Asimov both correctly predicted stuff about the future. It’s less cool that Vonnegut did, too…
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It’s cool that Clarke and Asimov both correctly predicted stuff about the future. It’s less cool that Vonnegut did, too…
wrote on 30 Aug 2021, 01:40 last edited by@lufins-dad said in Arthur C Clarke talks about the future:
It’s less cool that Vonnegut did, too…
Harrison Bergeron winked.
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It’s cool that Clarke and Asimov both correctly predicted stuff about the future. It’s less cool that Vonnegut did, too…
wrote on 30 Aug 2021, 01:44 last edited by@lufins-dad said in Arthur C Clarke talks about the future:
It’s cool that Clarke and Asimov both correctly predicted stuff about the future. It’s less cool that Vonnegut did, too…
So it goes.
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wrote on 30 Aug 2021, 01:54 last edited by
The main message of Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron" concerns the importance of balancing equality with freedom and individualism. The story demonstrates how equality is not to be confused with "sameness" and warns of the disastrous effects of suppressing individuality.
Maybe it's time to reread Vonnegut, all of it. He saw everything.
Several doses of Vonnegut might make a nice replacement for crt