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November 29, 2013
I flee from those “good times” in the “having” of which they are prepared to spend so lavishly of their energy and cash.”
I find nowadays that I simply don’t want to be up-to-date. I have lost all desire to see and do the things, the seeing and doing of which entitle a man to regard himself as superiorly knowing, sophisticated, unprovincial; I have lost all desire to frequent the places and people that a man simply must frequent, if he is not to be regarded as a poor creature hopelessly out of the swim. “Be up-to-date!” is the categorical imperative of those who scramble for the last bus. - - Aldous Huxley, Silence Is GoldenPosted by gerardvanderleun at November 29, 2013 10:04 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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The world is a conspiracy to seduce one into exchanging eternity for time, or slack for busyness, or eccentricity for approval.
Posted by: Gagdad Bob at November 30, 2013 7:01 AM