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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Learn full stack web development with this $13 Javascript course
If you’re looking to build a career in web development, it starts with Javascript. This programming language was there at the golden age of the internet, and it’s still the basis for millions of web pages and apps worldwide. Suffice to say, if you’re a coder who doesn’t know JS yet, you’re not a coder. […]
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This website builder app lets anyone create a website with zero code
We’ve all got a perfect website in our minds. In the past, the problem has been the barrier of language – specifically, the computer languages used to create those glittering, animation-filled pages you flock to. Now, Mac users have an alternative. Blocs 3 is a website builder that can provide an easy visual interface for […]
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This TheraGun alternative has warm-up technology built-in
You can do all the pre-workout stretching in the world, but that doesn’t mean you’ll escape stiff muscles and nagging pain after a particularly grueling gym session. When those knots and their accompanying aches and soreness start barking, your options usually boil down to either a deep tissue massage or just grinning and bearing it. […]
