“What guarantees the objectivity of the world in which we
live is that the world is common to us with other thinking beings. Through the communications that we have with
other men we receive from them ready-made harmonious reasonings. We know that these reasonings do not come
from us and at the same time we recognize in them, because of their harmony,
the work of reasonable beings like ourselves.”
-Zen ad the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
“Between 1305 and the early 1800’s. the House of Taxis ran a form of pony express service all over Europe…. Its couriers clad in blue and silver uniforms, crisscrossed the continent carrying messages between princes and generals, merchants and money lenders.” –Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave We may think we are the first generation consumed by rapid communication but we are not. Throughout our history it has been a priority. Of course, now in the 21 st century we must ask: are we better or worse for it?
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