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> “I liken liquid modernity to the Great Flood of the Bible,” Dreher said,[...] “The flood cannot be turned back. The best we can do is construct arks within wh
by phreeza 10y ago
> “I liken liquid modernity to the Great Flood of the Bible,” Dreher said,[...] “The flood cannot be turned back. The best we can do is construct arks within which we can ride it out, and by God’s grace make it across the dark sea of time to a future when we do find dry land again, and can start the rebuilding, reseeding, and renewal of the earth.”
That reminded me of the convents in Neal Stephensons 'Anathem'.
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoExcept instead of useful math and pure science, it's supernatural religious stuff.
- phreeza 10y agoIndeed.
- philippnagel 10y agoAre there any scientific/tech-oriented intentional communities that are not universities?
- patrickg_zill 10y agoIn a way, a good hackerspace/makerspace can be.
- huxley 10y agoThey are rarer now than back in the 60s and 70s but PARC, Bell Labs, CERN etc might be good examples.