John Higgs, author of the terrific Timothy Leary biography I Have America Surrounded, wrote a side-by-side comparison of The Illuminatus Trilogy and Atlas Shrugged. Here are the first few items:
Illuminatus! vs Atlas Shrugged
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Jun 4, 2012
Illuminatus! vs Atlas Shrugged
RAW Week: "I am not that kind of Libertarian, really; I don't hate poor people," by Tom Jackson
I never met Robert Anton Wilson, but after reading him closely for years, I like to think I know him pretty well. When I went to college in the 1970s, I encountered Illuminatus!, and it had a greater effect upon me than anything I learned in class. It’s impossible to minimize the impact the book […]
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RAW Week Bonus: RAWing in the Rain, by Maja D'aoust
It was raining hard and I came into work soaking wet. My Dr. Martens had that darker sheen around the toes where the water had sunk into the petrol-resistant exterior. The smell of damp and of dusty books filled my nose as I prepared for another day of work at the library. It was 1995 […]
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RAW Week: Trickster Santa and the Real Revolution, by Tiffany Lee Brown
Photo of Tiffany Lee Brown by Wiley Wiggins Someday I hope to share with you audio from an interview I conducted with Mr. Wilson, but it’s entirely possible the old cassette is long gone. I’m still looking. For now, here’s text: Robert Anton Wilson was kinda more George Carlin and less Timothy Leary than he […]
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The field of data analytics is growing as fast as the internet itself. Self-driving cars, airline pricing, and huge marketing campaigns are all driven by the insights that data scientists can distill out of vast sums of information. Even with the help of powerful software like Python, it’s a highly skilled position. But those skills […]
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If you’re marketing on the web, your Google-fu needs to be strong – and up to date. Without a firm grasp on what drives traffic, you’ll never be able to take the wheel. That’s why even if you know where to put your keywords, a little extra effort goes a long way on any marketer’s […]
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