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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Let There Be Light Sweet Crude

According to Exxon Mobil
absolute solar power
corrupts absolutely

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Augmentation by Redaction

In the state of nature You live by the sword And die by the sword In civilization The pen is mightier
Defenseless

My dissertation defense fell apart even as I read my title– The Bronze Age: A Golden Age of…
No One Expects the Umpire Calling Balls and Strikes to Be Right; They Just Need Him to Be Consistent

We are all of us unreliable narrators Some of us just make a living at it
Friendly Competition Makes Me Nervous

I know I’m losing an argument with my friends when my thoughts turn to lunch I know I’m winning when I’m about to lose my lunch
They Love Me, They Love Me Not, They Love Me, They Love Me Not

They used to give me Birthday presents Now they give me A wide berth
Get This

I may not be the man who has everything but I’m the man who knows what to get for the man who has everything
Dollar for Dollar

In person we can struggle for equality Online we’ve already achieved
“Avatars give you the feeling that you are truly inside the virtual world rather than the real world”

By now, everybody knows Rick Deck… So, we know that when replicants r… from slave labor they are hunted down and “retired”… in service to the true humans
The Sound of Silence

When the dull knives are out and you say all the approved thing… in all the approved ways you have proved the silencing of dissent
A Culture of Death Never Speaks of Death; We Just Say It’s Gone to Committee

A planning committee’s second most… Is coming up with a plan That everyone can agree to But no one is happy with This sounds strange until you real…
Like Hostages Blindfolded in the Darkest of Tunnels, We Can’t See the Light with Our Eyes, but Trust and Believe, It Is an Eternal Light and It Shines Forth from an Eternal People Who Will Never Succumb to the Darkness

For human beings the dominant sens… So, coming to our senses Would necessarily involve restorin… By removing our blinders Which keep us from seeing anything
When Words Fail Me, I Am Most at Risk of the Use of Force

You can use the Force or you can use force and the Force will use you because the Dark Side or the Light Side
“For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow”

Were I not happily married to my Jewish bride I would have happily lived out the rest of my days none the wiser
Standing in Judgment

You’ll know the movement for justice has ceased when everyone and everything comes to a standstill
Rational Actors Are All Insane

A rational actor knows a thing or… First, he knows that by definition a solution solves a problem Second, he knows that



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