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Orwell: cracked mirrors and memory holes

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Dave

The mental disease of imagination…Twenty-seven years after the fateful year of 1984, we are still fascinated by George Orwell’s dystopic vision of rationalism gone mad, stark raving mad. There is always the temptation to measure how cold we are willing … Continue reading →

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5 in 4 and love as an irrational number

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Art

It was a tragic absurdity. The tyranny of the five year plan. 2+2=5 or 5 in 4! was posited as a new, even refreshing economic logic. The numbers don”t lie! Culture and history could now impinge on the manner in … Continue reading →

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