20-09-2009, 08:02 PM
Perhaps a short course in film and video production and technique is in order for today's citizenry; Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin comes to mind, and others.
Jeff wells' new (long overdue) blog entry at Rigorous Intuition 2.0 has this tidbit:
"The Ku Klux Klan, let's remember, didn't burn crosses until they saw it depicted in Birth of a Nation. And the art of persuasion has come only a long way since.”
I'd bet brioche against titanium that the security agencies of the empire have acquired and embedded the skills and knowledge, the tools and techniques, into their daily output.
Jeff wells' new (long overdue) blog entry at Rigorous Intuition 2.0 has this tidbit:
"The Ku Klux Klan, let's remember, didn't burn crosses until they saw it depicted in Birth of a Nation. And the art of persuasion has come only a long way since.”
I'd bet brioche against titanium that the security agencies of the empire have acquired and embedded the skills and knowledge, the tools and techniques, into their daily output.
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"