Chiliasm -- millenialism; belief in the concept of apocalypse. Chronicles -- explorations of how that concept is portrayed in books, film and other media. There's no swooning over armageddon here, just discussion of some of the various threats our civilization faces. If we know the risks, we can try to prevent them... but "it may be only by descending into this hell in imagination now that we can hope to escape descending into it in reality at some later time." (~Jonathan Schell)
A darkly optimistic human with a scientific, psychological & political activist streak who is sane but a little bit bent... Read my intro
I know, this blog's subject matter can be kinda dark... so you might want to check out this revelation from central intelligence... (Thanks to Arms Control Wonk for leading me there)...
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posted by Jay Denari @ 8/20/2005 06:50:00 PM
1 Comments:
Very funny. I love the onion.
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