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Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free! QUOTES

Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free! QUOTES

1 " I had my own test, better than Turing’s: when a computer could genuinely convince me that it wanted to commit suicide. "

― Ken Wilber , Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free!

2 " This is a crucial point, because it alerts us to the fact that, no matter how high-minded, idealistic, or altruistic a cause might appear—from ecology to cultural diversity to spirituality to world peace—the simple mouthing of intense support for that cause is not enough to determine why, in fact, that cause is being embraced. "

― Ken Wilber , Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free!

3 " All the Ping-Pong and pool tables, on-site chefs, Nerf hoops, and stereo systems cannot make up for the truth that some places work people like dogs. "

― Ken Wilber , Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free!

4 " In North America, human sacrifice was practiced by the Heron and Pawnee tribes, although evidence now suggests that a particularly brutal form of ritual immolation was carried out by the Anasazi tribes of the Southwest, ancestors of the Hopi, Zuñi, and Pueblo. Like the Maya and Incas, the Anasazi have become a focal point for intense, especially New Age, beliefs. "

― Ken Wilber , Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free!

5 " Thus, the very high developmental stance of pluralism—the product of at least six major stages of transformation—turns around and denies the very path that produced its own noble stance. It extends an egalitarian embrace to every stance, no matter how shallow or narcissistic. Thus, the more egalitarianism is implemented, the more it invites, indeed encourages, the Culture of Narcissism. And the Culture of Narcissism is the antithesis of the integral culture, the opposite of a world at peace. "

― Ken Wilber , Boomeritis: A Novel That Will Set You Free!