It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed. – Marcus Aurelius We tend to disempower ourselves. We tend to believe that we don’t matter. And in the act of taking those ideas to ourselves away to somebody else, to something else. – Terence McKenna Book Review: 1984 by George Orwell Part 1Book Review: 1984 …
This is a book that has gone from a work of fiction to one of prophecy. I first read 1984 in the seventies, since then it has become the most influential novel on how I look at the world and what is to come. With the technology at hand these days and coming down the road just how easy would …
The book had its graphic moments. Fun parks were built so people could bully others.Not exactly the best way to build up community or release anger. Police would put adhesive tape on a book criminal’s mouth to shut it before hauling them off in a beetle car. Firemen didn’t want to hurt anyone just hurt things. One woman had set …
Ray Bradbury wrote one of the best masterpieces called Fahrenheit 451, which also could be classified as a daytime horror. It’s one of the genres of books that includes The Handmaids Tale, 1984, A Brave New World, The Long Walk and a short story called The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. Neither of these stories should be considered a how to …
I recently found myself lost, not in the sense of bewilderment, but as in ‘immersed’ by a book I recently received. My fascination was twofold; first was the realization that at any given time, and at any given location anywhere in the world, profound thought exists profoundly; and second, by the geopolitical insight that this book contains. “By The Way… …
By Ron Murdock I don’t think it’s about thinking one person can do everything. It’s about training people to be exposed to new ways of thinking. – Alan Guttmacher The above quote can be taken two ways. It can be taken as a way for people to be open minded to learn new things. But two words – training people …
Book Review Of Rescue Thyself Rescue Thyself – Change in Sub-Saharan Africa Must Come From Within, by Dr. Sylvanus Adetokunboh Ayeni, is a racist piece of literature. By necessity. Rescue Thyself is one of those rare books that slaps the reader in the face with reality, sometimes so ugly it brings tears to eyes. Dr. Ayeni pulls no punches, and …
