an idea is only good when it has no power. i like ideas that aren't too strong. that don't have too much weight. once an idea becomes dominant -as good as it may be- it becomes abominable. ideology is always ideocracy- the deadliest of tyrannies. my fear of making political theories ensues from my fear of power. power of people, money, any power is better than the power of ideas. every time ideas have taken power they have killed people. the real way to assess the value of a science or a theory is to count the people not killed. show me the number of your dead and i'll tell you what you're worth.

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the owl's legacy