I was wondering where this had got to. This year, I must bite my tongue and not complain too much about the way it tends to get hijacked by people who only want to talk about the state of the USA.
Julian Bond - 2012-01-08 12:55:12+0000 - Updated: 2012-01-08 16:41:24+0000
Page 3 Bruce Sterling: So, you know, "paradoxical optimism." "The worse, the better," as Lenin used to cheerily remark. Yep, the bright side of forest fires is that they free up a lot of minerals. What other attitude makes sense nowadays?
I'm inclined to think that paradoxical optimism is a major temperament of our times. But I'd cut a little closer to the bone and just call it "dark euphoria." Because we're not working out solutions rationally; we're just spitting for luck, and we're rolling the bones.
So, you know, "paradoxical optimism." "The worse, the better," as Lenin used to cheerily remark. Yep, the bright side of forest fires is that they free up a lot of minerals. What other attitude makes sense nowadays?
I'm inclined to think that paradoxical optimism is a major temperament of our times. But I'd cut a little closer to the bone and just call it "dark euphoria." Because we're not working out solutions rationally; we're just spitting for luck, and we're rolling the bones.
Sounds a lot like Shiva-Buddhism to me