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I wonder if it is possible today to publish under a pseudonym that will stand the test of history, given what we know about mass surveillance databases.
I wonder if it is possible today to publish under a pseudonym that will stand the test of history, given what we know about mass surveillance databases.
It will be interesting in the future to find out if the intelligence agencies know who created Bitcoin. Can anyone think of other modern mysteries that government surveillance might know the answer to but are keeping quiet?
More seriously, I think it's more likely that we'll eventually find a bunch of high-profile cases were built with "parallel construction".
I'm experiencing a weird Baader Meinhof Phenomenon variant right now...I just started reading 2666 , which concerns itself with (among other things) a mysterious German novelist in Mexico. Very odd to see this story here right now.
Not only did John Huston direct, his father acted in it. One of the best characters.
Wiki mentions his left-wing anarchic persuasion. I admit I've only read "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", but I honestly can't see any political taint to his work. Sure, it highlights the evils of raw capitalism, but, outside of the anarcho-capitalists, I don't think you'll find much argument t here. It's a very fine novel, and has a lot to say about the human condition.
I'm experiencing a weird Baader Meinhof Phenomenon variant right now...I just started reading 2666 , which concerns itself with (among other things) a mysterious German novelist in Mexico. Very odd to see this story here right now.
I’m slowly making my way through 2666. The very dense, entirely descriptive prose is quite demanding but the story is quite interesting and meanders nicely. Definitely feels like drinking a large cup of very dense chocolate - delicious but must be done in small sips.
I wonder if it is possible today to publish under a pseudonym that will stand the test of history, given what we know about mass surveillance databases.
It will be interesting in the future to find out if the intelligence agencies know who created Bitcoin. Can anyone think of other modern mysteries that government surveillance might know the answer to but are keeping quiet?
I wonder if it is possible today to publish under a pseudonym that will stand the test of history, given what we know about mass surveillance databases.
Wiki mentions his left-wing anarchic persuasion. I admit I've only read "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", but I honestly can't see any political taint to his work. Sure, it highlights the evils of raw capitalism, but, outside of the anarcho-capitalists, I don't think you'll find much argument t here. It's a very fine novel, and has a lot to say about the human condition.
Just to knit pick a bit, if you were to dig deep into capitalism or socialism or anarchism, you would see those are explorations of the human condition. Politics then is drama woven around that. Maybe I'm being overly poetic. My point is that those concepts and phenomena that are sometimes so hotly debated are not somehow inherently adverserial or tainting, for the lack of a better word. There's no such thing as a da…
I'm experiencing a weird Baader Meinhof Phenomenon variant right now...I just started reading 2666 , which concerns itself with (among other things) a mysterious German novelist in Mexico. Very odd to see this story here right now.
Wiki mentions his left-wing anarchic persuasion. I admit I've only read "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", but I honestly can't see any political taint to his work. Sure, it highlights the evils of raw capitalism, but, outside of the anarcho-capitalists, I don't think you'll find much argument t here. It's a very fine novel, and has a lot to say about the human condition.
The Overton window has moved so far to the right that even criticising that is considered "left wing".