Friday, May 13, 2011
Tonight's Poetical Question
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'Money' thus determines social behavior in a connected world. (In an 'unconnected world' social behavior is stable, handed down from mother to son.) Working on beer #11 at 2136.
But this brings us to the question of 'ultimate importance.' This question obviously needed further definition in terms of Individual/society: The individual understands immediately what is meant by the question; the society does not understand and cannot answer. This question occupied my consciousness. I needed an expert. I called Lucifer. I asked to speak to Omar Khayyam.
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Q: What is the most important thing?
A: Now.
Q: Why not yesterday?
A: Yesterday this day's madness did prepare...
Q: But what about tomorrow?
A: Tomorrow's silence, triumph or despair...
Q: Yes... go on...
A: Drink! For you know not whence you came, nor why!
Q: Sounds good to me...
A: Drink! For you know not why you go nor where.
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'Money' thus determines social behavior in a connected world. (In an 'unconnected world' social behavior is stable, handed down from mother to son.) Working on beer #11 at 2136.
But this brings us to the question of 'ultimate importance.' This question obviously needed further definition in terms of Individual/society: The individual understands immediately what is meant by the question; the society does not understand and cannot answer. This question occupied my consciousness. I needed an expert. I called Lucifer. I asked to speak to Omar Khayyam.
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Q: What is the most important thing?
A: Now.
Q: Why not yesterday?
A: Yesterday this day's madness did prepare...
Q: But what about tomorrow?
A: Tomorrow's silence, triumph or despair...
Q: Yes... go on...
A: Drink! For you know not whence you came, nor why!
Q: Sounds good to me...
A: Drink! For you know not why you go nor where.
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