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Yeah, his ultimate confidence in the merit of his ideas is pretty inspiring, even if he never got to see it happen in his own lifetime.
by eigenvalue 2y ago
Yeah, his ultimate confidence in the merit of his ideas is pretty inspiring, even if he never got to see it happen in his own lifetime.
- 082349872349872 2y agoSince the remainder of the thread has been infested by "noonday demons", there's a nice line by a singer-songwriter about a SF novel in the Noon Universe[0]: "of course, freedom and brotherhood[1] will come / But it will happen without us."[2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noon_Universe#Description https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noon_Universe#Description [1] aka « liberté et fraternité ». A cynic would say the Arkanarians already have « égalité », in that they're all stuck on a planet cycling endlessly between mere anti-intellectualism and outright theocracy. [2] Конечно, свобода и братство наступят / Но это случится без нас (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufbCnjBYDbI&t=5134s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufbCnjBYDbI&t=5134s)