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Ben ([personal profile] openspace4life) wrote2004-03-21 07:37 pm
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"God has appointed the great American people to mechanize the universe."

This is Olaf Stapledon's 1931 prediction of the future of American philosophy, from his science-fiction novel Last and First Men. It's scary how nearly accurate he was.

(originally posted December 1, 2003)