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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I read it. Oh my... to think this is from 1909 if I understood correctly. The bit about "beware of first-hand ideas" at the end chilled me to the bone, it was so "the times we live in".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah I read it a year ago and there have been a lot of joints and booze in that time to make my memory fuzzy but I did autistically tell every one about it and how they should read it.

He was friends with the dude who wrote this: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/edward-carpenter-civilisation-its-cause-and-cure

I also want to read that because I kinda see civilisation as a curse as well.

But ya so much stuff to read and my focus is just getting worse and worse as I grow older. Plus if you have an inquisitive mind you’ll probably end up having similar thoughts to other people as well.