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I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angr
by olddustytrail 1y ago
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix
- Y_Y 1y agoHow is that supposed to make anyone click on an ad?
- falcor84 1y agoJust to expand upon the reference, the comment you responded to is the first stanza of Allen Ginsberg poem "Howl" [0] published in 1956, which is what Hammerbacher paraphrased in the quote that I shared. "Howl" is amazing on its own though, and I highly recommend that people read the whole thing and/or watch the 2010 film about Ginsberg's life where James Franco recites it in its entirety[1]. And as a follow-up, I also highly recommend Scott Alexander's "Meditations on Moloch" that takes inspiration from the poem to analyze societal failures of coordination. [0] https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl [1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049402/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049402/ [2] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
- Y_Y 1y agoThanks for adding the background, much more helpful than my glib nonsense. I feel that Meditations on Moloch should be mandatory study for anyone who lives in a society.