Monday, July 06, 2015

staggering truths

He was single-mindedly pursuing a truth he felt was of staggering importance to the world. The world had no idea of what he was trying to do and was trying to kill him for his trouble. The habitants of "his" world didn't want to be honest anymore, but just an accepted member of the community, bowing and accommodating their way through the rest of the years.

It's sometimes argued that there's no real progress; that a civilization that destroys the dignity of its individuals by subjecting them to a forced mechanized existence can hardly be called an advance over the simpler hunting and gathering and agricultural existence of prehistoric times.

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