Comments on: The Ten Worst Monsters of American History

by: DPW

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:18:12 +0000

Is Google Making Us Stupid?

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200807/google?x=51&y=3

This article could have been posted under “Google, Schmoogle, Joogle” as it highlights Sergey Brin and Larry Page’s contributions to the neurological alterations we may be suffering due to our technological progress, but Frederick Taylor(#8) is also mentioned for his role in the mechanization of humanity by the Babel builders, so I chose to place it here. A related article is Bill Joy’s cautionary essay “Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us.” He is a cofounder of Sun Microsystems.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy_pr.html

The older I get, the more of a Luddite I seem to become. Sure is nice to share these feelings on cyberspace through my computer/word processor/internet connection. It is like “The Matrix,” where the first thing that happens to Neo after he is unplugged is to be reprogrammed and plugged back in. The only difference now is he knows it, which of course makes all the difference. I hope.

The great irony here is that as Man seeks to make AI more analogous to the human mind, Man more and more resembles a machine.

by: Bret

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:00:10 +0000

Somebody should mention Harry Emerson Fosdick.

by: Joshua

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:24:17 +0000

The gatekeepers at Joogle have provided a copy as well.

by: Joshua

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:22:29 +0000

It appears that Dabney’s excellent “A Defense of Virgina and the South” can be downloaded in pdf format here.

by: MRB

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:46:03 +0000

Here is an example of how a monster tries to make himself look like a hero, and, in turn, make true heroes look like monsters.

by: MRB

Sat, 26 May 2007 11:25:34 +0000

ElizaF -

Sanger did get a dishonorable mention in the original post.

When I do my 10 worst monsters of English history H.G. Wells is sure to be on it. It is interesting to note that when Sanger fled to the U.K. after being indicted for obscenity, she fornicated with him. Like attracts like, I suppose.

by: ElizaF

Wed, 23 May 2007 01:10:56 +0000

Surely you need a woman on your Monster List: Margaret Sanger–atheist, socialist, anti-Christian who espoused many causes which I’ll leave better unsaid lest this comment not go through…but anyone familiar with her, knows she was monstrous.

by: Scott

Tue, 22 May 2007 05:01:04 +0000

Thank you - I’ll look those up!

by: MRB

Mon, 21 May 2007 20:42:02 +0000

Scott,

Two sources come to mind. John Taylor Gatto, The Underground History of American Education and Antony Sutton, America’s Secret Establishment.

by: scott

Mon, 21 May 2007 03:14:05 +0000

Could you recommend any books on these men? For example, I am not that familiar G. Stanley Hall and would like to read more about him - that is, I would like to read more that isn’t a tome on how wonderful a man he was.

Thank you.