It was not unrequited love
That bade my ‘wildered spirit rove;
‘Twas not the pride disdaining life,
That with this mortal world at strife
Would yield to the soul’s inward sense,
Then groan in human impotence,
And weep because it is not given
To taste on Earth the peace of Heaven.

-Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Retrospect, Stanza II.

“A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasure of his species must become his own.”

-Percy Bysshe Shelley, A Defence of Poetry, Stanza XIII

The below video is one of four half hour videos of a dialogue Douglas Rushkoff and Daniel Pinchbeck gave recently.

You can find the rest of the vids at Key 23. As of this post, only three of the videos are available, but the fourth one should be up soon.*

*Update: Fourth vid is up now.

I’m not entirely sure what I want to do with this blog, but I thought this was important enough to post about it and point it (the blog) out to people.

Robert Anton Wilson is dying and Douglas Rushkoff is asking for some help so he can die in his home and not destitute in some hospital or wherever they put society’s rejects. I’m glad to see that Bob is able to stick around for another month or so and I am happy I was able to do my part. The man’s writing is legendary in my book and I’m glad I could give back to the bastard who first showed me the fnords, Chapel Perilous and that my birthday is sacred.

Even if you could care less about RAW, it’s an interesting “human story piece”.