http://freelyassociating.org/2007/07/curiosity-vs-fear/ Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:16:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://freelyassociating.org/2007/07/curiosity-vs-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Keir Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:14:00 +0000 http://freelyassociating.org/?p=39#comment-81 Hey that's funny I was reading "Please Kill Me" recently and underlined that passage. The line "people’s curiosity seemed stronger than their fear" is definitely going to make it into something we write. The passage does need unpicking at some point. I’ve been thinking a bit about “fear of the masses” versus “love of the masses” recently. How they are flipsides of each other, both implying that the masses are naturally occurring rather than constructed. Hey that’s funny I was reading “Please Kill Me” recently and underlined that passage. The line “people’s curiosity seemed stronger than their fear” is definitely going to make it into something we write. The passage does need unpicking at some point. I’ve been thinking a bit about “fear of the masses” versus “love of the masses” recently. How they are flipsides of each other, both implying that the masses are naturally occurring rather than constructed.

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