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‘‘It began four million years ago,when brain volumes began climbing rapidly in the hominid line.

Fifty thousand years ago with the rise of Homo sapiens sapiens.
Ten thousand years ago with the invention of civilization.
Five hundred years ago with the invention of the printing press.
Fifty years ago with the invention of the computer.

In less than thirty years, it will end.’’

——Eliezer S. Yudkowsky

Utopia

创作目的启发自Brit Marling同名电影\\\\\\\'THE EAST\\\\\\\'。

The East.东方.

\"The inspiration for the poem came as she was travelling to attend the Governor\'s inaugural ball in Madison, Wisconsin. On her way to the celebration, there was a young woman dressed in black sitting across the aisle from her. The woman was crying. Miss Wheeler sat next to her and sought to comfort her for the rest of the journey. When they arrived, the poet was so depressed that she could barely attend the scheduled festivities. As she looked at her own radiant face in the mirror, she suddenly recalled the sorrowful widow. It was at that moment that she wrote the opening lines of Solitude.\" 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Whe...

 I hope her fans will forgive me, but I took the liberty of correcting her grammar in my reading.  Okay, that was a bit pedantic. It ought to be \"There is none to decline... \"  Using \"none\" as plural might be good enough for George Bush but this is literature- and \"none\" is singular.  Think of it as \"not one\" or \"no-one\".  

My commanding officer once wrote a memo to headquarters saying \"None of the men are eligible\" and I sent \"None of the men is eligible\".  He wasn\'t as delighted as I think he should have been.

Ella\'s only child, Robert Wilcox Junior, was born on May 27, 1887 and he died on the same day.

www.ellawheelerwilcox.org/Photos/photo5.htm
What a pretty, intelligent, resolute face she had. 

Paintings:
Salvador Dalí, Woman at the Window 

\'Solitude\' by Frederic Leighton, 1890
 
Biblis by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1884

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow it\'s mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life\'s gall.

Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.

Solitude_Ella Wheeler Wilcox

一个使人们在其中感到更公平、更开放、更具价值的社会环境是十分宝贵的；做到这一点，社会自会繁荣昌盛。比如公元1400年，40岁的皇帝朱棣说：我父亲给我最好的礼物，就是四十年的天下太平。

黑格尔也曾经提到历史书中很难找到“和平”这一页。因为我们喜欢战争、革命、喜欢听末日论、喜欢荒诞的故事，喜欢危机重重的刺激。但事实上大多数普通人只会说：我完全不想任何危险出现在我身边。我喜欢现在这个无聊而平静的午后，就如我喜欢这一周里的每一天。

Become Human

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