Extraordinary Discourse 169
Anything But On Institutions And The Individual Any environment tends to be imperceptible to its users and occupants except to the degree that counter-environments are created by the artist. Marshall McLuhan, Contemplating Me Any large company composed of wholly admirable persons has the morality and intelligence of an unwieldy, stupid, and violent animal. The bigger the organization, the more unavoidable is its immorality and blind stupidity. ...without freedom there can be no morality. C. G. Jung "Know all men [sic] by these presents, that I, Henry Thoreau, do not wish to be regarded as a member of any incorporated society which I have not joined." This I gave to the town clerk, and he has it. The State, having thus learned that I did not wish to be regarded as a member of that church, has never made a like demand on me since; though it said that it must adhere to its original presumption that time. If I had known how to name them, I should then ha...