Dale Nelson Wrote:
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> Knygatin Wrote:
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> > Yes, attention is worth far more than money. We
> > should be very careful with what we fill our
> > brains with. The Internet is a drug (at least
> as
> > addictive as heroin). I am thankful for all the
> > books, and other stuff, I have found through
> the
> > Internet, but a lot of time is also wasted in
> > sifting through all dross, and in repetition!
> >
> > And there is a social replacement the Internet
> > caters to. Reading books, meeting the
> characters
> > in the books, is basically a compensation for
> the
> > need of having social meetings. But today the
> > Internet fill that social compensation, so we
> read
> > less books while spending more time instead in
> > discussing books. It may be that the social
> need
> > trumps over the intellectual/artistic needs.
>
> Besides, one's media-driver attention is likely to
> be to a range of things selected by people of
> suspect motives. Just saw this:
>
> [
www.theepochtimes.com]
> ebook-and-instagram-block-users-from-sharing-ny-po
> st-report-on-blm-co-founders-multi-million-dollar-
> property-purchases_3778495.html?utm_source=morning
> briefnoe&utm_medium=email2&utm_campaign=mb-2021-04
> -17&mktids=ed5be342b34b9cee1f28142354088cfc&est=Zo
> 2NmFKwCBDlkkGrI44PE0t9uQw4dpjIuUhtViQJm6YBr6mG5etC
> izHaOXF1XKz0
>
> Marxists do love their dachas.
>
> Hilarious, but also sad.
Just another shuck-and-jive scam--like gurus, like tel-evangelists.
To quote that great social observer, David Byrne:
"Same as it ever was..."
I hope it's not true...
--Sawfish
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"The food at the new restaurant is awful, but at least the portions are large."
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 17 Apr 21 | 01:27PM by Sawfish.