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phantom power

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7. reminds me of a quote from Bruce Sterling

Reply to sibelian (Original post)

Fri Sep 25, 2015, 08:07 AM

Sep 2015

Words failed her. Words failed her quite suddenly, and really badly. A kind of software crash for language. Words -- yeah, even scientific words -- there were times and contingencies when reality ripped loose from verbal symbolism and just went its own goddamned way.
-- Bruce Sterling, Heavy Weather

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Control freaks never notice when their foundations are crumbling. [View all] sibelian Sep 2015 OP

Thanks. Android3.14 Sep 2015 #1

Me too. Funny, I never put a name to it until a close friend just happened to say it GoneFishin Sep 2015 #4

Nice piece Hayduke Bomgarte Sep 2015 #2

What a great OP. Did you write that? It's very thought provoking. GoneFishin Sep 2015 #3

Sibelian's posts are always complex, interesting, and thought-provoking. nt tblue37 Sep 2015 #5

Wow! sibelian Sep 2015 #10

Oh, c'mon. You must know all that time, effort, and intelligence that you put into tblue37 Sep 2015 #12

I do now. sibelian Sep 2015 #13

Sibelian, many of us long term DU members post relatively few OPs, and our reply tblue37 Sep 2015 #14

True, that. Ghost Dog Sep 2015 #11

Yes, I did. Thank you! sibelian Sep 2015 #9

excellent! , , Thank you, . . . . n/t annabanana Sep 2015 #6

reminds me of a quote from Bruce Sterling phantom power Sep 2015 #7

Yep. mmonk Sep 2015 #8

All true of Narcissists, Sociopaths and Psychopaths lunatica Sep 2015 #15