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October 17, 2007

the most depressing book i have ever read

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noam chomsky is a prophet. he speaks the truth in order “to move on to construct a social order in which a decent human being would want to live." in these "reflections on human nature and the social order" he reports that "for most of the population, conditions of life and work are declining, something new in the history of industrial society."

the litany of the deliberate misuse of power by imperial states is endless

as i do with ivan illich and christopher alexander, i praise the creation for him and his work

he is the most important intellectual alive and i want to conspire with him, as in breathe the same air. inshallah