Ape Con Myth’s mission is to find out if the Ape Con Myth is true. What is the Ape Con Myth? It’s a theorized phenomenon in which humanity continues to struggle for survival despite having the means to end the struggle. Our belief is that this state of humanity already exists in 2011.
Bertrand Russell thought it was here in 1932…
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These selections are from his essay, In Praise of Idleness, which is short and worth a full read even if you still lack the leisure time to do so.
Trying to understand Ape Con Myth is like trying to understand the Tao Te Ching.
Let’s see what we can learn about both from three translations of chapter 21…
[11 translations and the original Chinese available here]
To begin ACM’s study of philosophy, let’s jump somewhere randomly in the middle.
What is philosophy? We will get to that.
Why have you probably read Plato while possibly never having heard of Bertrand Russell? Good question.
What does the latter think of the former? See for yourself…
And presumably, it still is…
Read it for yourself…
…cause Goddess can’t read it for you.
