Idealistic reformers are dangerous because their idealism has no roots in love, but is simply a hysterical and unbalanced rage for order amidst their own chaos.

Quote by William Irwin Thompson

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In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market...

In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market...

The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its unconscious effect is disruption and...

The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its unconscious effect is disruption and...

The conscious process is reflected in the imagination; the unconscious process is expressed as karma,...

The conscious process is reflected in the imagination; the unconscious process is expressed as karma,...

If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you

If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you

The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures,...

The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures,...

For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the...

For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the...

Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with...

Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with...

Catastrophes are often stimulated by the failure to feel the emergence of a domain, and...

Catastrophes are often stimulated by the failure to feel the emergence of a domain, and...

Ideologies do not map the complete living processes of a World.

Ideologies do not map the complete living processes of a World.

Not all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences...

Not all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences...

With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of...

With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of...

A World is not an ideology nor a scientific institution, nor is it even a...

A World is not an ideology nor a scientific institution, nor is it even a...

I don't think anyone now really understands the planetisation of mankind, really understands the new...

I don't think anyone now really understands the planetisation of mankind, really understands the new...

The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control,...

The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control,...

One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road,...

One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road,...

Unconscious Polities emerge independent of conscious purpose.

Unconscious Polities emerge independent of conscious purpose.