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Your daily dose of natural disasters and amazing phenomena for December 9, 2022...
Another great book: Amusing ourselves to death by Neil Postman… Below you will find the foreword. I find it’s a great addition to the quote above…
We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn't, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. the roots of liberal democracy had held. Wherever else the terror had happened, we, at least, had not been visited by Orwellian nightmares. But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell's dark vision, there was another--slightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Contrary to common belief even among the educated, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley's vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo theircapacities to think. What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy. As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions." In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we desire will ruin us.
The Book again: Amusing ourselves to death by Neil Postman
Security services on high alert last night as large parts of Paris were plunged into darkness… Power outages are expected to become the new normal across Western Europe this winter…
Suicidal thoughts surged as people struggled with finances and isolation during COVID-19…
The gas and electricity prices have gotten insanely high here in Europe… I wonder how many people are thinking about a long walk on a short pier after seeing a bill of literally multiple thousands of $$$ for a single year.
Ravens are all around… Are they warning people of evil?
But don’t worry, the government won’t be there to help… Biden seeks fossil fuel-free Federal buildings in blow to gas industry…
Meanwhile, extreme weather events are increasing monthly…
This would then require ALL users to provide a copy of their photo ID in order to use social media, not just kids… Texas bill would ban social media for children under 18…
Mount Rainier in all its beauty…
Would love to see a graph of energy consumption (emission) by HAARP (et al.) over the last 3-6 months… Amid 24-hour darkness, Alaskan Arctic town reaches 40 degrees, setting all-time winter 'heat' record…
This is criminal. Exposing young children to this stuff needs to be prosecuted…
In the latest elitist move: Biden releases international arms dealer and terrorist in exchange for a pothead activist basketball star…
Just for you to know, Biden gave a heartwarming speech about a call to action for gun violence the day before releasing one of the most dangerous arms dealer the world has ever seen… What did Biden mean by this?
Breaking! Even anti-vaxxers can get surgery… There’s good news for the 14-year-old girl who Duke denied a kidney transplant over the Covid vaccine…
What a view!
270 million bombs were dropped during the American Secret War in Laos in a span of 9 years, making it the most heavily bombed country in the history of the world. That's 57 bombs every minute on average…
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Real estate agents will still tell you it’s the best time to buy… 270,000 homebuyers who bought in 2022 are underwater on their mortgage…
Severe storms delivered giant hail across parts of Queensland on Thursday afternoon, capping off a wild 24 hours which saw an overnight storm bring more than 250,000 lightning strikes to the south east of the state…
"Ordered him to pull over", is it a car, or is it Robocop? A Tesla owner says his Model Y ordered him to pull over before it suddenly shut down, trapping him inside…
Awesome!
Musk: ’I did this’: Japanese researchers say they have overcome a significant barrier in the development of Helicon Thrusters, a type of engine for spacecraft, that could cut travel time to Mars to 3 months…
This circular island in Argentina not only floats, but also rotates constantly… South America’s second longest river, the Paraná, which has a length of 4,880 kilometers, flows through three countries: Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. 4,880 kilometers is no short distance – it gives plenty of opportunities for discovering amazing things. In the case of the Paraná, one of the most exciting discoveries was made at its delta: an island 120 meters in diameter, almost completely circular in shape, and floating freely on its axis.
I mean it's not that hard to go back to his previous lifestyle… Bitcoin millionaire who retired at 35 complains that being rich is 'boring'…
Amateur astronomer Vince Clements of Galt, California, used an 8-inch telescope and his iPhone to record this video of the entire occultation:
Discover Yemen’s mysterious ‘Well of Hell’ – A prison for the demons…
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Manuel
Welcome to a Brave New World, an utopia in which humans are trapped in a society where their humanity is deleted...
As far as the Project Veritas video, this guy is an evil person justifying on allowing sex toys to be a show and tell free for all for young impressionable minds. I pray for his immediate removal by almost any means necessary.
The Aldous Huxley quote is just a variation from the Roman poet who said "just give them bread and circus and they will never revolt"!