I'm reading 1984 (for the first time believe it or not), and just finished Fahrenheit 451 (for the 3rd time or so). Anyhow, I was thinking about that old saying about how you can slowly boil a frog and it won't jump out because the change in temperature is too gradual. I was thinking in relation..
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... to the books, it would be nice if we had a "liberty thermometer". So for example, a set of metrics that stayed constant and were measurable, that we could rate our country's (or any country's) liberties against. So we could look back and see.. "know what, our liberties used to be at 50, now we are down to 45. Hm, is that acceptable?"
- Shannon Bauman
Good idea.
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Now go read Atlas Shrugged. Ignore the rough sex, multi-page soliloquies and absurd Objectivisim quasi-religion and you'll end up with a book that will continue you on your journey. :-)
- Joey Gibson
@Logical - yeah, potentially, although all I see is the graphic. Is there some data behind that, or is it sort of just a statement? I would want a list of items that are public and easy for each person to rate for themselves if they wanted to. ie - the set of items is predefined by "founding fathers", and then the rating can be tallied at home by individuals so we don't have to lay trust in some organization to do the rating.
- Shannon Bauman
By the way, the frog boiling thing isn't true. http://www.snopes.com/critter...
- ⓞnor
@nor - yeah, I'm not surprised actually. The point still holds though I think :) But yeah, good to know for future reference when making frog legs.
- Shannon Bauman
Have you read Catch 22? My College English part 2 instructor said that it was, "probably the best novel of the 20th century..." And I honestly believe it to be one of the best books I've ever read.
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