For some advanced thinkers, violence is a type of backwardness. In the more modern parts of the world, they tell us, war has practically disappeared. A litter of semi-failed states, lacking the benefits of modern institutions and modern ideas, the developing world may still be wracked by every kind of conflict – ethnic, tribal and… Continue lendo “Dark Mirrors, Hidden Angels and an Algorithmic Prayer-Wheel” – John GRAY
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“Roof gardens, feathers and human sacrifice” – John GRAY
‘Our Lord, the lord of the near, of the nigh, is made to laugh. He is arbitrary, he is capricious, he mocketh … He is placing us in the palm of his hand; he is making us round. We roll; we become as pellets. He is casting us from side to side. We make him… Continue lendo “Roof gardens, feathers and human sacrifice” – John GRAY