One can't seem to get away from the devastating effects of faith – especially monotheistic religious faith – around the world. Blind faith can justify anything. If a man believes in a different god, or even if he uses a different ritual for worshiping the same god, blind faith can decree that he should die--on … Continue reading The Tyranny of Faith
Day: August 28, 2008
Swaggering Imbeciles
Newly educated and semi-educated classes - social or intellectual - seek positions in government bureaucracies or social advocacy rather than in industry and commerce where competence is inarguably measured at the end of every business quarter. The growth of bureaucracies needed to absorb these swaggering imbeciles is precisely opposed to society's growth and development both … Continue reading Swaggering Imbeciles
Day Dreaming
"All people dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind, wake in the morning to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people, for they dream their dreams with open eyes, and make them come true." - T.E. Lawrence
