Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Maize yields could see significant declines, but wheat could increase. Impacts across the world will be very different.

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I’m actually planning to write a post on a related topic. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Of course the threats that some of the Arab nationalists made against gays and drug users would hardly have endeared them to Burroughs. When he imagined his ideal worldwide third-world revolution it was always highly homo…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. When the Hell’s Angels were planning to attack a peace march at Berkeley, Ginsberg met with the Hell’s Angels leaders and, well, he didn’t give them flowers exactly, but he charmed them with his fearlessn…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Also, if there was a violent riot outside his building, Burroughs wouldn’t stay in his room and hope not to be annoyed; he would rush out into the street, hoping to see some bloodshed. Whereas bloodshed was the last …

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I don’t think that describes Burroughs though. His politics were a complicated and not always consistent mixture of right and left, but “sensible liberal” accommodation to the established power structure wa…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. It didn’t strike me as inapposite, actually. LikeLike