Month: March 2013
“Star Wars civilization”
Humanity today is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real world. The mind seeks but cannot find the precise place and hour. We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology. We thrash about. We are terribly confused by the mere fact of our existence, and a danger to ourselves and the rest of life.
Wilson, Edward O. The Social Conquest of Earth. (New York: W.W. Norton, 2012) p.7 (hardcover)
University College, University of Toronto
ISO 8601 – 2009-04-19
ISO 8601 – 2009-04-19
Observatory at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto students call for fossil fuel divestment
Reading in Massey College
Uncertainties
Things about which I am uncertain:
- What my PhD research will be about
- Who will supervise it
- How many years it will take
- Whether I will ever actually finish
- What I will do afterward
Add to that ‘where I will live between May 1 and September 1’ and ‘how I will pay for it’.