Above Video: Center for Inquiry / How can we make sense of America’s current “post-factual,” “post-truth,” “fake news” moment? By looking to America’s past. All the way back. To the wishful dreams and make-believe fears of the country’s first settlers, the madness of the Salem witch trials, the fantasies of Hollywood, the anything-goes 1960s, the gatekeeper-free internet, the profusion of reality TV….all the way up to and most especially including President Donald Trump. In this fascinating and lively talk, Kurt Andersen brings to life the deep research behind and profound implications of his groundbreaking, critically acclaimed and bestselling latest work.
By Steve Rensberry
I have died a thousand deaths
Looking straight at the light.
A make-believe shrine
In a world of spite.
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Am I alive? Am I dead?
I am both. I am time.
I am you without space.
A wormhole for your mind.
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I think. I must. I should. I would.
We are not so different, you and I.
Parts of a whole.
Until the day we die.
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Broken and bare.
For the love of a lie.
From nothing to nothing.
To see without eyes.
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You can chain yourself to fantasy.
To infinite regress.
Or think outside of time and space.
And leave this sorry mess.
