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Tolkein and LOTR
Science Fiction as Social Commentary
Interesting Quotes II
“Men are so firmly convinced they are materialists that they will believe anything before they suspect us of contriving their destruction by spiritualization.” — Tempter to Satan, Daniel Barwick
“Ideology is what preserves social power in the absence of direct coercion.” — Michael Ryan
“An author does not have to serve the reader on a platter the future historical resolution of the social conflicts which he describes.” — Engels
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,500 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people.
The Matrix
Motivational Research
Promiscuous teleology