Ever read Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz?

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Socrates II — 11/18/2008 1:54:27 PM (archived)

Is every civilization everywhere doomed to a cycle of destruction
and then having to rebuild and do it all over again?

We have not yet evolved to truly handle much more than a hunter
gatherer culture, even though we are "aware" of certain things.

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Time Magazine this week - TB - 11/17/2008 4:59:25 PM
- Forgot the link - TB - 11/17/2008 5:00:27 PM
  - Good analysis. - ER - 11/17/2008 7:10:18 PM
  - Can most people really handle freedom? - Socrates II - 11/17/2008 6:36:54 PM
    - "Freedom" seems to be an indefinite term. - Bowser - 11/17/2008 7:38:24 PM
      - "Trailers for sale or rent..." (n/t) - RobVG - 11/18/2008 3:13:43 AM
      - "Freedom" is just another word for nothing left to lose. - ER - 11/17/2008 8:53:39 PM
        
        As a creature of this culture, I regard myself as "free". - Bowser - 11/18/2008 5:42:49 AM
    - re: Can most people really handle freedom? - JEKing - 11/17/2008 6:57:58 PM
      - re: Can most people really handle freedom? - TB - 11/17/2008 8:05:31 PM
        
        Do you consider Iraqis "free" at the present time? - Bowser - 11/17/2008 11:52:47 PM
        
        The problem is... - Socrates II - 11/17/2008 8:40:06 PM
        
        law of the minimum - JEKing - 11/17/2008 11:51:10 PM
        
        I wouldn't take the word of a "Deep Ecologist" on this. - TB - 11/18/2008 4:38:13 PM
        
        Ever read Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz? - Socrates II - 11/18/2008 1:54:27 PM
        
        Putting the seed corn in your SUV. - ER - 11/18/2008 2:09:09 PM
        
        Too many people - TB - 11/17/2008 9:18:34 PM
        
        More - TB - 11/17/2008 8:17:29 PM

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