Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Moral philosophy of modern life
There's the classic "Desiderata" (1927):
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence...
And the contemporary "Interneterata" (2008):
Go placidly amid the spam and waste,But still definitive as to the modern condition: the "Deteriorata" [mp3] (1972):
and remember what peace there may be in a decent firewall...
Go placidly amid the noise and waste,
and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof...