Will-to-power as basically making tech unstoppable, man will always embrace tech for power, even at expense of his freedom, this is goodTECHNO-REALISM
Will-to-power as basically making tech unstoppable, man will always embrace tech for power, even at expense of his freedom, this is good. Techno-realism not techno-pessimism or techno-optimism
Falls off in the end a bit when he says that woo is making a resurgence and the white man is tired of technics...though you could say this is hippies and why we need to import indians...
Then of course the ending “optimism is cowardice�, the right attitude is the “guard at vesuvius who dies standing at his station� � we need to fight against the blackpills...more
Churchill’s life was defined by three goals: preserve the empire, keep socialism off britain’s doorstep, prevent a hostile power from taking over euroChurchill’s life was defined by three goals: preserve the empire, keep socialism off britain’s doorstep, prevent a hostile power from taking over europe. He failed at all three.
�...A brillant fellow without judgement which is adequate to his fiery impulse. His steering gear is too weak for his horsepower...� � Lloyd George
Some pre-WWI quotes that show Churchill to be bloodthirsty are arguably out of context.
Churchill’s original sin was that he aspired to brilliance, like a Cicero or a Voltaire, at a time when his country needed wisdom....more
when the pastaciuttist ingurgitates his biquotidian pyramid of pasta, he has the feeling of stopping up a black hole...[his stafull points for panache
when the pastaciuttist ingurgitates his biquotidian pyramid of pasta, he has the feeling of stopping up a black hole...[his state] does not favor the possibility of possessing a woman
many delicious recipes and practical entertainment ideas
must be a bad audience member and disavow the aspiration to foodpills...more
the elevation of the individual which manifested itself in beautiful art also manifested itself in a new, perhistory as it should be, history FOR LIFE
the elevation of the individual which manifested itself in beautiful art also manifested itself in a new, perverse kind of criminality, that these things go together
that aspiring towards greatness is to be celebrated: that what I was ludicrously taught was the hubris of dante (placing himself alongside virgil), was actually his greatest virtue, and the morality of the worm-scholar is driven by resentment of his subject...more
like it when a guy spits tar for 40 pages and hits a high note (alcide's care for his niece, "there should be some mark by which to distinguish the golike it when a guy spits tar for 40 pages and hits a high note (alcide's care for his niece, "there should be some mark by which to distinguish the good people from the bad")
found myself laughing at things, dark things, like a crazy person
one must be careful not to get drawn too deep into the darkness
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