Michael C. Perkins
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Internet Bubble, The
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Surviving Paradise
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A Cool Billion
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KidWare: The Parent's Guide to Software for Children
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"I really, really loved this book when I read it several years ago! I loved how this story was also connected to the story of Robin Hood. The witch was my favorite character besides Ivanhoe and so was one of the antiheroes. I forget what their name wa"
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An international bestseller It was translated into Japanese, Mandarin, and German, among other languages. ------------------- Deja Vu (5/2022-2024)... The crypto bubble has popped. Crypto fans had a fun ride, powered by exuberant risk taking in an era of ...more |
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“In our society, we no longer pride ourselves on being educated, knowledgable, well-read. We prefer, instead, the illusion of erudition.”
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“Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts.”
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“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
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“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions."
In 1984, Huxley added, "people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us".”
― Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
In 1984, Huxley added, "people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us".”
― Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
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