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4. Apropos, there's another prescient book from a few years later...

Reply to Stargleamer (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:18 PM

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...The Twilight of American Culture (1999) by Morris Berman, which bolsters much of what Sagan argues. The Berman work won a number of book awards and has been discussed here from time to time. It's worth a read.

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It's as if Carl Sagan in 1995 was predicting how things would be in 2025. . . [View all] Stargleamer Nov 20 OP

Damn. He nailed it. underpants Nov 20 #1

He died a year later at the age of 62. We lost a brilliant, perceptive, forward think man that day. patphil Nov 20 #2

Yes, we did. We are far worse without him Deuxcents Nov 20 #3

Apropos, there's another prescient book from a few years later... keep_left Nov 20 #4

Pale blue dot... Godot51 Nov 20 #5