The quote attributed to basically everyone is that it's easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism. 1) the first one entails the second. 2) it's hella easy to imagine the end of the world. 3) Imagining *anything* novel is always going to be harder than imagining the negation of something. I bet people in the feudal times could more easily imagine the end of the world than they could the advent of capitalism.
That quote is bandied about as if it's deep, but I think it's kinda banal
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The Webb telescope news has grazed my consciousness, but I've kinda been tuning it out along with most news. Back in like 2013 or so I h...
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Trying to post again, I have a few lined up, but I want to do them justice. A few thoughts: Since I've been working at home, the days ju...
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A kinda funny thing about that 'think globally, act locally' line. Dunno what I really think about the line itself except that it se...
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