Mathusianism. Whence comes it? An oligarchical hatred of humanity. Prince Phillip's stated desire, for example, that he would like to be reincarnated as a deadly virus to reduce the world's population. This hatred persists over millennia. It is old as mud. It is the hatred of the pagan would-be gods for discoveries that lift humanity out of the muck and mire. Thus the myth of Zeus' torture of Prometheus the bringer of fire.
Eratosthenes first measured the circumference of the earth from the shadows cast by the sun. Today, humanity's fitness to survive will be measured by our ability to conquer that same thermonuclear fusion that casts those shadows. Thus, Prometheus will truly be unbound.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
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