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Extraordinary Discourse 531

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This’ll Dig Ya In The Intellectual Ribs       The real underlying currency of our world is not gold, nor bureaucratic fiat, nor even military might. The real underlying currency of our world is narrative, and the ability to control it. Everything always comes down to this one real currency. If you look at what all these think tanks, NGOs, media outlets and grant making networks that billionaires pour their money into actually do, it ultimately boils down to controlling the dominant stories that people tell about what’s going on in their world. Caitlin Johnstone  

Extraordinary Discourse 530

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Flying In The Teeth I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own. H. G. Wells        

Extraordinary Discourse 529

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Part Of This Garden Is The Real World     I dreamed of reality: what a relief to wake up. Stanislaw Lec            

Extraordinary Discourse 528

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Morning. Wisdom Is At The Window         "Approfondissement"   is a French word that means "playing easily in the deep." Tom Robbins                

Extraordinary Discourse 527

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The Human And Inhuman Condition With Bonus Yelling The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?' Robin Williams              

Extraordinary Discourse 526

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Talking It Over, Getting It Across     From the beginnings of literature, poets and writers have based their narratives on crossing borders, on wandering, on exile, on encounters beyond the familiar. The stranger is an archetype in epic poetry, in novels. The tension between alienation and assimilation has always been a basic theme. Jhumpa Lahiri  

Extraordinary Discourse 525

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Glimpses And Highlights Meet On A Train     There are many, many nouns for the act of looking - a glance, a glimpse, a peep - but there's no noun for the act of listening. In general, we don't think primarily about sound. So I have a different perspective on the world; I can construct soundscapes that have an effect on people, but they don't know why. It's a sort of subterfuge. Walter Murch