Truth is one of the rarest commodities on Earth.
The reason may be that it’s actually an abstract concept, a moralistic illusion. Or maybe truth is just relative, with multiple versions floating about.
Hemingway was always barking about how hard it was to write a true sentence. Harry Crews, a writer of note who died this week, once said:
“If you’re gonna write, for God in heaven’s sake, try to get naked. Try to write the truth. Try to get underneath all the sham, all the excuses, all the lies that you’ve been told.”
In honor of Harry, I challenge everyone visiting this blog to go to the comment section below and write something true.
I’ll start:
“Digital communications has devolved into a lucrative confidence game where users knowingly or unknowingly reveal the most private pieces of information so that others can more easily sell them goods and services.”
Now you go ……..
Parasitism is destructive when the parasite takes away nutrients necessary for the host’s survival.
Twenty percent of the U.S. population have 85% of the wealth of the entire nation.
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