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On Apr 13, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Charlie Carlson wrote:

> The fact is the universe never established any facts but we depend upon them for our transitory existence, that's the conundrum.
> 
> If memory serves me correct, I think Herman Hesse stumbled upon this in Magister Ludi.

Yes! An almost appropriate allusion to the Glass Bead Game, which is a rare example of a book for which the Cliffs Notes are actually better than the book itself.
Society is perpetuated by cloistered intellectuals playing incomprehensible games involving the breadth of human knowledge. If only we could be THAT lucky.
I'd like to be considered for art director if anyone ever does a film version.

This listserv is so fantastic.

: j


Jason Jay Stevens

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Media Art + Live Cinema

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