"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
Wherein your host talks once again about the nascent field of podcasting, gives his impressions of tonight’s debate, and describes a busy weekend.
I also mentioned the short story Report on the Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut, which is part of the book Welcome to the Monkey House.
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Comment from Your brother Kevin
Time 10/10/2004 at 5:51 pm
Here’s a more cogent choice. I dislike Vonnegut almost as much as that idiot Zatloukal (our english teacher). Trying to find meaning in a story that will have you checking your belly button for lint :-). Pardon me here, but Vonnegut was just a dope smoking hippie, who tried to be more controversial than eloquent or cogent.
Huxley, Orwell …. you’d do better :-).
Part 1
http://webranger.net:8500/CBS%20Radio%20WorkShop/CBS-Radio-Work-Shop-001—Brave-New-World-1of2-56-01-27-%28OTR%29.mp3.m3u
Part 2
http://webranger.net:8500/CBS%20Radio%20WorkShop/CBS-Radio-Work-Shop-002—Brave-New-World-2of2-56-02-03-%28OTR%29.mp3.m3u
Your loving brother and a pain in your side.
Kevin