In 2100, Paris isn't the city of love anymore. It's a megalopolis where the past has been systematically erased. Not by war or invasion, but by apathy.
We can’t possibly overlook the political changes in this country and around the world contributing to the slide toward darkness as democracy becomes tenuous and fascistic authoritarians rise to power. The dumbing down of the population combined with the rise of fact-free “news” reporting from Fox TV and a minority political party determined to dominate the majority by any means possible has given rise to an oligarchy of billionaires and technocrats more than eager to exploit the credulity of low-information voters. Added to this, the disdain for expertise and science, and the refusal in the face of facts from nature itself that the climate is changing in ways harmful to humans and everything else living. And we have a recipe for a very grim future. meanwhile, life goes on, and we as individuals make multiple choices a day as to what kind of life we wish to lead. I, for example, choose not to spend a lot of free time watching TV shows, which leaves me sitting in dumb silence in a group of individuals who apparently spend a great deal of time watching TV shows. I read a lot instead. I garden. I work out at the gym. Much as I love personal technologies, I also love simplicity. I cook healthy, simple food and wonder about people who are so busy they can’t even pause to fix their own or their families’s meal. IMHO that is too dang busy. Slow down, make time to enjoy how you will spend your limited time on this earth. None of us can control the outcomes of everything. But we can control how we live our own lives here and now.
I'll look for the book. The only thing I didn't agree with in your email post on this topic, is that 1984 is becoming a reality... we did not avoid it. Since 9/11, the US Government has become more polarized by two Socialist clubs that continue to wind up the people to see each other as the enemy; all the while usurping more and more powers and liberties away from the people, including spying on the citizenry and suppression of free speech.
I paid for your brother’s book. When I ordered it I was not asked for an address. The page told me I would receive an email telling me how to get the book. So far I haven’t received an email. I would really like to read the book. Tim
Okay, I’m interested, but the purchase site seems almost sketchy. There’s no information about the book: is it printed or digital? If digital, what format? How many pages? What language was it written in? How were the translations created? There’s virtually no information on the Internet or other reviews of the book.
We can’t possibly overlook the political changes in this country and around the world contributing to the slide toward darkness as democracy becomes tenuous and fascistic authoritarians rise to power. The dumbing down of the population combined with the rise of fact-free “news” reporting from Fox TV and a minority political party determined to dominate the majority by any means possible has given rise to an oligarchy of billionaires and technocrats more than eager to exploit the credulity of low-information voters. Added to this, the disdain for expertise and science, and the refusal in the face of facts from nature itself that the climate is changing in ways harmful to humans and everything else living. And we have a recipe for a very grim future. meanwhile, life goes on, and we as individuals make multiple choices a day as to what kind of life we wish to lead. I, for example, choose not to spend a lot of free time watching TV shows, which leaves me sitting in dumb silence in a group of individuals who apparently spend a great deal of time watching TV shows. I read a lot instead. I garden. I work out at the gym. Much as I love personal technologies, I also love simplicity. I cook healthy, simple food and wonder about people who are so busy they can’t even pause to fix their own or their families’s meal. IMHO that is too dang busy. Slow down, make time to enjoy how you will spend your limited time on this earth. None of us can control the outcomes of everything. But we can control how we live our own lives here and now.
I'll look for the book. The only thing I didn't agree with in your email post on this topic, is that 1984 is becoming a reality... we did not avoid it. Since 9/11, the US Government has become more polarized by two Socialist clubs that continue to wind up the people to see each other as the enemy; all the while usurping more and more powers and liberties away from the people, including spying on the citizenry and suppression of free speech.
I paid for your brother’s book. When I ordered it I was not asked for an address. The page told me I would receive an email telling me how to get the book. So far I haven’t received an email. I would really like to read the book. Tim
I will look into it, Tim! Thank you!
Okay, I’m interested, but the purchase site seems almost sketchy. There’s no information about the book: is it printed or digital? If digital, what format? How many pages? What language was it written in? How were the translations created? There’s virtually no information on the Internet or other reviews of the book.