Yu's Blog: a sinking arsonist , page 29

"Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order..."

“Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In...

"It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found."

“It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found.” - D.W. Winnicott  (via...

"In fact, human culture is very largely the selection, the rearrangement, the tracing of patterns..."

“In fact, human culture is very largely the selection, the rearrangement, the tracing of...

"But beside hero-worship there is exorcism of devils. By the same mechanism through which heroes are..."

“But beside hero-worship there is exorcism of devils. By the same mechanism through which...

"To say that we are born equal is to say that every person is endowed with identical value and there..."

“To say that we are born equal is to say that every person is endowed with identical value and...

"HereAugust lasted a million years."

“Here
August lasted a million years.” - Cow Chases BoysThomas Lux

"No relic is safe, it seems, from an invisibletide that presses them upward.Sometimes it’s..."

“No relic is safe, it seems, from an invisible
tide that presses them upward.
Sometimes...

"Returning to one’s self is the most important, and most difficult thing to do; after so much..."

“Returning to one’s self is the most important, and most difficult thing to do; after so...

"Humans have always had the power to push the present and the future into the past. The future is..."

“Humans have always had the power to push the present and the future into the past. The future...

"Politics (the competition for status and power) and gossip (the shared information about who has it)..."

“Politics (the competition for status and power) and gossip (the shared information about who...