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August 14, 2015

The History of Progress

is highly biased, as I may have mentioned before in these electronic pages.
It omits much more than half of human nature, and overlooks every fact that doesn’t fit. We need another account that will take in the whole, re-orient our attention to the immortal, and rescue us from the corvée frame of mind. A Highland version of history, if you will; a free man’s guide to how things really are, with some hints for escape from the labyrinth of totalitarian “good intentions.”Zomia : Essays in Idleness

Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 14, 2015 1:36 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Living Life one day at a time would be a good start.

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