"The level of journalism in this country has been continually degraded since the 1960s, with the
result that every story with the potential to shock, every ‘urban myth’, every tale capable of
gripping the imagination of an increasingly illiterate public brought up on journalistic slop is
magnified out of all proportion, fact is liberally mixed with falsehood, and the whole seething
mess is spooned down our throats every morning along with the Cornflakes.
And human nature being what it is, people tend to swing around emotionally: ‘It’s all
true’, ‘It’s all false’. No in-between, no room for nuance, for half-truths, for complexity,
something with which the modern mind is increasingly unable to cope."
-Jonathan Bowden, Apocalypse TV
result that every story with the potential to shock, every ‘urban myth’, every tale capable of
gripping the imagination of an increasingly illiterate public brought up on journalistic slop is
magnified out of all proportion, fact is liberally mixed with falsehood, and the whole seething
mess is spooned down our throats every morning along with the Cornflakes.
And human nature being what it is, people tend to swing around emotionally: ‘It’s all
true’, ‘It’s all false’. No in-between, no room for nuance, for half-truths, for complexity,
something with which the modern mind is increasingly unable to cope."
-Jonathan Bowden, Apocalypse TV
"Yes, whereas most civilized people believe it (drug-taking) to be in some sense ‘immoral’, I consider it futile
and unnecessary, since chemical stimulation is not needed for a sense of well-being, for artistic
illumination, imagination, a sense of forward movement in one’s life. We have it within
ourselves to enter the sorts of states of mind that drugs are supposed to make possible. Now I'm not denying, of course, that some great artists have used drugs; but no one can write, or paint, or
compose music, while on drugs or intoxicants. You have to stop in order to create; but if you can
stop, you didn’t need to start in the first place. On the other hand, many people can’t stop, and
for them creativity is impossible. So, on my view, for the truly creative person drugs are
unnecessary, if not a positive hindrance, whilst for the uncreative person they are pointless, and
will never supply their creative lack.
In my view, drug-taking is, in a way, the anti-creativity of uncreative people, people who don’t
have a song or a poem in them, but who think they can share in the creative experience by
artificially altering their state of mind. Only about ten per cent of people are really concerned
with creativity, with moving forward, transcending supposed limitations on human achievement."
-Jonathan Bowden, Apocalypse TV
and unnecessary, since chemical stimulation is not needed for a sense of well-being, for artistic
illumination, imagination, a sense of forward movement in one’s life. We have it within
ourselves to enter the sorts of states of mind that drugs are supposed to make possible. Now I'm not denying, of course, that some great artists have used drugs; but no one can write, or paint, or
compose music, while on drugs or intoxicants. You have to stop in order to create; but if you can
stop, you didn’t need to start in the first place. On the other hand, many people can’t stop, and
for them creativity is impossible. So, on my view, for the truly creative person drugs are
unnecessary, if not a positive hindrance, whilst for the uncreative person they are pointless, and
will never supply their creative lack.
In my view, drug-taking is, in a way, the anti-creativity of uncreative people, people who don’t
have a song or a poem in them, but who think they can share in the creative experience by
artificially altering their state of mind. Only about ten per cent of people are really concerned
with creativity, with moving forward, transcending supposed limitations on human achievement."
-Jonathan Bowden, Apocalypse TV
Forwarded from Jonathan Bowden Unofficial Archive
Jonathan Bowden - Apocalypse TV (2007)
A series of politically-incorrect philosophical dialogues between a Christian and a Pagan on philosophy, politics, art, and religion
A series of politically-incorrect philosophical dialogues between a Christian and a Pagan on philosophy, politics, art, and religion
Forwarded from Jonathan Bowden Unofficial Archive
2007_Apocalypse-TV.pdf
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• More than 35% of samples had PFAS, aka “forever chemicals.”
• About 8% had concerning arsenic levels.
• 118 out of 120 samples had detectable lead levels.
• About 8% had concerning arsenic levels.
• 118 out of 120 samples had detectable lead levels.