When The Machine Stops

When The Machine Stops

 Some sixty years ago I was invited to a competition sponsored by the Bank of America for pending high school graduates. We were directed to read The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster and to prepare for questions and discussions. The Machine Stops was published in 1909...
Blog Post Index

Blog Post Index

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Dystopia

Dystopia

 Is it too late to stop Donald Trump from destroying America? The litany of executive orders, shut down of departments and agencies, firing of government employees, challenging of judges, elimination of funding for colleges, media, science and the arts is the result...
Comfortably Numb

Comfortably Numb

 I am so far quite unable to justify one of my central convictions: that, even if it were possible to make all men happy by an operation or a drug that would stultify their development, this would somehow be an impious crime. This conviction is ultimately rooted In...
The Dark Side

The Dark Side

 I walked in and sat down and they gave me a piece of paper, said, “Kid, see the psychiatrist, room 604.” And I went up there, I said, “Shrink, I want to kill, I mean, I wanna—I wanna kill. Kill. I wan—I wanna see, I wanna see blood and gore and guts...