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Jun 21, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

This wonderful, lots of people reading a chapter at a time. A deep net to catch us and hold us together and steady when we can pull away from the doomscrolling and clickbait conflict alarm bytes!

(Narrative is as deep as our mammalian selves some say)

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Jun 21, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

Just when I was caught up with Dorothy and Toto...slam. Reality does bite some days.

I will look forward to Chapter 2, nonetheless. I guess I do miss the blue pill world.

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I did my Senior college thesis paper on The Wizard of Oz, however, I will not give you the usual political spin. So, your bottom line is this too shall pass? I hardly believe that most us can move ahead knowing the levels of deceit and corruption that have come to light.

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"So, your bottom line is this too shall pass?"

I don't have a bottom line about the status quo. I'm riding an interesting rail for the sake of creative exploration. Am happy for you to contribute to the discussion along the way. Cheers.

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Jun 21, 2022·edited Jun 21, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

It’s harder than you can imagine on an iPhone 😂 to contribute and articulate (one finger is simply not-cutting it).

I will do my best if you don’t get angry. I can’t take much more from those who have a different opinion.

Right now it’s evident we need exactly what you call creative exploration. Our minds are swirling from those tugging on our calculation skills. Peace.

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Jun 21, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

Nice idea. And from the film adaptation, one of the best songs ever. Somewhere, over the rainbow….

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Jun 21, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford

Well now you’ve made me want to read the book!!

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Let me guess the ending, Toto pulls back the curtain and it's Bill Gates standing there with all the electronics and projector.

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Perhaps I'm just in a mood, but the strongest parallel I see is the aged darting to safety while hanging the child out to dry.

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Oh, ouch!

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Reading through this, I can't help but have pink floyd playing in the back of my head. Another timeless parallel offering great insight...

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Cute. 😁

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Troll. I went ahead and withdrew their comment privileges. The personal quote was for wanting a version of "the others" to stop breeding, which is the attitude the Kunlangeta are trying to instill for their perpetual human war.

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