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the rise of information technology shows just how much information it is possible to have at our fingertips. Hayek describes prices as “a system of telecommunications”; today, we have telecommunications far more precise and powerful that
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“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
― A Mencken Chrestomathy
― A Mencken Chrestomathy
“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”
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“The problem after a war is with the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will now teach him a lesson?”
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“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
Iain Banks / Iain M. Banks fans
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I can't believe there's no group on here for the wonderful Scottish mainstream/sci-fi writer, Iain Banks, so I thought I'd create one. This group is f ...more
Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction that Burns Candle at Both Ends
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For readers and authors interested in the very best other-worldly, transported to incredible stories that keep us up at night and constantly coming ba ...more
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