February 2010
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‘If an angel were ever to tell us anything of his philosophy I believe many propositions would sound like 2 times 2 equals 13.’
George Christoph Lichtenberg
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'Possibility is not reality; but it is in itself a...
‘The fact that the shell is carried for future use…’¹
No.
‘The only benefit is the potential future deployment of the shell(s)…’²
Yes.
Possibility is in itself a reality. Octopuses - alone among non-human animals? - clearly read Gramsci. Potentiality is a, not the, future, and whoever prepares for it also prepares for not-it, its non-occurrence, steps...
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Does the grip, the wring, bespeak above all excitement? Though what seems the theatre of it provokes suspicion, not inevitably. A certain libidinal investment in the moment perhaps but that doesn’t preclude sincere fears.
A misapprehension about the memento mori is that they are indifferent to or invested in what they do. It is to some of them rather a source of unending unhappiness,...
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Yet doe I feare thy Nature
The white Christ of Cambodia speaketh for the wretched.
‘Haitians in the slums would tell you that their most fervent wish is for jobs. A few dozen major shirt factories could be transformational for Haiti.’
But his most urgent counsel is for enwretchers.
‘That idea (sweatshops!) may sound horrific to Americans. But it’s a strategy that has worked’.
Yes. That is why Haiti...
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Lean thinking. Forward. Don’t stop.
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“They were standing by the Catholic church opposite the school, a new brick...”
– John Braine, The Vodi
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