Scathing. "His books are an oasis of boredom in a desert of horror."
The last thing we need is more dystopian hopelessness. The imbeciles who run the panopticon don't have the faintest idea what to do next, so they just do things that will hurt people they despise. This makes them feel like they are doing something about problems they don't understand, cannot fix, and in most cases which they created themselves, or which are imaginary. That does not feel long-term stable to me. On the other side of the inevitable bonfire of this garbage pile lies ... something else. It might even be good. It might be good if we think about what it might be. An oasis of boredom is at best a temporary rest stop, not a place to stay for long, and provides little guidance for the post-dystopian world.
BTW this essay was good enough to make me a paid subscriber, despite my desperately limited cash. Pat yourself on the back.
Scathing. "His books are an oasis of boredom in a desert of horror."
The last thing we need is more dystopian hopelessness. The imbeciles who run the panopticon don't have the faintest idea what to do next, so they just do things that will hurt people they despise. This makes them feel like they are doing something about problems they don't understand, cannot fix, and in most cases which they created themselves, or which are imaginary. That does not feel long-term stable to me. On the other side of the inevitable bonfire of this garbage pile lies ... something else. It might even be good. It might be good if we think about what it might be. An oasis of boredom is at best a temporary rest stop, not a place to stay for long, and provides little guidance for the post-dystopian world.
BTW this essay was good enough to make me a paid subscriber, despite my desperately limited cash. Pat yourself on the back.
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