Archive for September, 2008
When Empires Decay
Posted by Paul 30 September 2008Richard Hames has posted an interesting and thought provoking piece at his blog entitled ‘When Empires Decay” (http://fiveliteracies.typepad.com/richard_hames/2008/09/when-empires-de.html) on the perils of our modern society. I was particularly struck by his comment “In the bizarre Babel-like world we have fashioned, mindless action precludes deep reflection. Intellectuals are despised” after watching The Daily Show in the [...]