Good listen, good work. You are probably aware but Bill Joy the head of Sun Microsystems wrote an article in 2000 for Wired called “Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us” https://www.wired.com/2000/04/joy-2/
One more anecdote (this lecture has linked so many of my thoughts) ...
From the diary of Nicholas II, 27 March, Tuesday [1918]: [quoted by Helen Azar]
"The cold came right away with a northern wind. The day remained bright. Yesterday read aloud Niluis’ [sic] book about the Antichrist in which the “protocols” of the Jews and masons were added – a rather contemporary reading material.
This was a most informative and encouraging lecture. I am a first-time listener and subscriber via ‘World War Now’ (Conrad Franz et al). I can’t wait to look around your channel.
The Master and Margarita is one of my top few very favourite books. I had no idea Bulgakov was a devout Orthodox Christian.
In the meantime, I am prompted to cite just a few items to contribute …
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Firstly, In “On Resistance to Evil by Force”, Ivan Ilyin writes (page 195 - Chapter 21):
“The fate of man is, in his life on earth, to confront the outbreak of uninvited evil. It is impossible to avoid this fate; and thus there are only two possibilities: either to be dishonourable and turn away from this struggle, to dishonourably live through it by both blindness and cowardice, or the honourable path of accepting it, comprehending this acceptance as a service and remaining faithful to its vocation.“
Ilyin earlier writes.
“In fact, what would “non-resistance” [to evil] mean, in the sense of the absence of any resistance? This would mean accepting evil: letting it in and giving it freedom, scope and power. If under these conditions the uprising of evil occurred, and non-resistance continued, it would mean subordination to it, a surrender of the self to it, participation in it, and finally, turning oneself into its instrument, into its body, into its cesspool, its plaything, an absorbed element thereof.”
Thirdly and finally, speaking of learning from those incarcerated in prison camps, here is an audio reading of “The Saint of the Prisons by Monk Moise” - the story of Valeriu Gafencu.
Amazing! Thank you for the kind words Fr. James, it is humbling to have played a part in connecting two wonderful Orthodox brothers
Good listen, good work. You are probably aware but Bill Joy the head of Sun Microsystems wrote an article in 2000 for Wired called “Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us” https://www.wired.com/2000/04/joy-2/
Nice ☦️
There was a Black Sabbath song about this in 1992! https://youtu.be/uzHm50QhKvo?si=8wyxr9KIA9dVCKp7
Dio era Sabbath is so underrated. This song rips!
Dio Sabbath was the best Sabbath
One more anecdote (this lecture has linked so many of my thoughts) ...
From the diary of Nicholas II, 27 March, Tuesday [1918]: [quoted by Helen Azar]
"The cold came right away with a northern wind. The day remained bright. Yesterday read aloud Niluis’ [sic] book about the Antichrist in which the “protocols” of the Jews and masons were added – a rather contemporary reading material.
This was a most informative and encouraging lecture. I am a first-time listener and subscriber via ‘World War Now’ (Conrad Franz et al). I can’t wait to look around your channel.
The Master and Margarita is one of my top few very favourite books. I had no idea Bulgakov was a devout Orthodox Christian.
In the meantime, I am prompted to cite just a few items to contribute …
***
Firstly, In “On Resistance to Evil by Force”, Ivan Ilyin writes (page 195 - Chapter 21):
“The fate of man is, in his life on earth, to confront the outbreak of uninvited evil. It is impossible to avoid this fate; and thus there are only two possibilities: either to be dishonourable and turn away from this struggle, to dishonourably live through it by both blindness and cowardice, or the honourable path of accepting it, comprehending this acceptance as a service and remaining faithful to its vocation.“
Ilyin earlier writes.
“In fact, what would “non-resistance” [to evil] mean, in the sense of the absence of any resistance? This would mean accepting evil: letting it in and giving it freedom, scope and power. If under these conditions the uprising of evil occurred, and non-resistance continued, it would mean subordination to it, a surrender of the self to it, participation in it, and finally, turning oneself into its instrument, into its body, into its cesspool, its plaything, an absorbed element thereof.”
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My second item is the video:
• DARPA and Privacy Research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1sCTSaV8KQ
This was featured in the following with commentary from around 17:00
• Bulletproof Wednesdays with Duane & Dan: Historical Detectives – Daniel Kristos - Ba'al Busters
https://rumble.com/v5fdcfh-bulletproof-wednesdays-with-duane-and-dan-historical-detectives.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
You can find Duane Hayes’ work here at Bulletproof Publishing:
https://bulletproofpub.com/
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Thirdly and finally, speaking of learning from those incarcerated in prison camps, here is an audio reading of “The Saint of the Prisons by Monk Moise” - the story of Valeriu Gafencu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LH4b8WyWAk&list=PLnWASaoD3_BWUv8cNRlSuLvlERPY1SKL8
Great episode