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The Consolations of Philosophy

May 31, 2010 - 11:36 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Salt Lick
2010-06-02 03:31:24

Rosinante #100 — Perfect.

Lady Gaga saluted Obama later in the evening when she told the crowd: “I think we can all be very excited for our future because it seems as though we have a president that’s just as historic and legendary that can really make a change for us.”

And she sang John Lennon’s “Imagine.”

What an amazing time to be alive, when the highest species on the planet becomes, in wretchard’s words, “addicted to fiction.”

Is it possible that the species’ ability to create narratives in its head is now what causes it the most suffering? Has progressive education, affluence, and a deceptive media created a populace like that nutjob who studied Grizzlies (and eventually got eaten by one) and confused them with Teddy Bears?