The world, – poverty, war, religious fascism, are all realities.

My points are valid points made in the course of a particular time of change in the art/culture/commerciality rules. Does Damien Hurst count as an artist or an industrialist? Was Reasonable Person knocking at my door with a loaf of bread when I was -on three occasions – down and nearly out, selling my only amplifier to buy groceries? (Not so long ago). Until I know what Reasonable Person does for a living I will consider he/she/it to be “idle hands” (with time to read! – oh the luxury of that!) – and therefore in it’s own words, “the devil’s playground” (forgiving the quoted analogy of “hands” as a “playground”). I’m bored now, so I’ll stop.

Love to anyone who wants it.

Mike Batt

I really do believe that given enough time, mastery of both energy and matter is our destiny. There are also a number of other things that may sound like science fiction to most folks, especially those whom haven’t taken the time to do some reading for themselves, which I believe will come to pass as well. The theories are sound, the initial groundwork is there in most cases, it is all just waiting for us to take them to their ultimate conclusion. Just look at everything around you. Seriously, look right now. Every scientific discovery and the technologies which arose from them all started as nothing more than an theory. Dreaming up ideas and turning the seemingly impossible into reality is truly a gift we humans are lucky to have, provided we can muster the wisdom to survive the novelty of our new inventions that is.

My belief is that there are a limitless number of great discoveries just waiting to be made, some being milestones that are true tests of whether a race of intelligent beings will be allowed continued existence. The splitting of the atom was one such test for example, and there will inevitably be others. Fusion might be one. Artificial intelligence will certainly be another. Complete mastery of matter and energy will be the ultimate milestone of course, as well as mastery of genetics. In all likelihood there will be some milestones we may not even be able to dream of at present because the human race and it’s level of knowledge simply hasn’t progressed far enough yet, discoveries that require completely new ways of thinking.

In all honesty, I don’t think it is at all unreasonable to assume that the human race won’t do away with poverty some day. A great many organizations and ideals will be rendered obsolete practically overnight, and this too will be a test for us. Idle hands really are the devils playground after all, and given that our scientific knowledge always seems to progress faster than society can keep up with it isn’t hard to imagine that an end to poverty might actually result in something of a dark age for mankind. At least until experience and the wisdom which flows from that allows us to adapt and change our way of thinking. Like I said before, when those days come art/culture will still be important, possibly more important than ever if I’m right.

So scoff if you want. History is full of great thinkers that were laughed at, or worse were prosecuted as heretics for their sometimes radical (often correct) ideas. But as an intelligent, free thinking and hopefully rational being, I know one truth above all else without any shadow of a doubt; as a race we can let ourselves fall backwards and relive all the mistakes of our ancestors, sit completely still and stagnate, or move forward and evolve. The choice is ours. Which would you all prefer?

TWO….FOUR….SIX……OOOOOO……OOOOONNNNNNEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

*goes to make bread; thus depriving bakers of their income*

Thank god i do not have to pay a blanc media fee on flour!

Simple awncer is that music used to be a high profit industry it is now changing to a low to medium profit industry due to changes in technology. sooner this is accepted by investors the better.