https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2012/06/29/the-hive-collectivism-and-delusion-in-the-matrix/ NoMoreFakeNews.com Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:01:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.10 https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2012/06/29/the-hive-collectivism-and-delusion-in-the-matrix/#comment-190 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:01:39 +0000 http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=1947#comment-190 This column reminds me of a couple of Kurt Vonnegut short stories published over 50 years ago. The first is “Harrison Bergeron”, which depicts a future America where government-mandated equality and mediocrity is enforced by electronic devices that interrupt human thoughts lasting more than a mandated length of time. The second story is “Report On The Barnhouse Effect”, in which a professor discovers amazing powers of the human mind. The professor disappears after the military attempts to harness his abilities as a weapon. Both stories appear in a collection of Vonnegut short stories called “Welcome To The Monkey House” (1968), which you ought to be able to find in a local public library or online. God help us all!

]]>