Inevitably in old age we regret
not succeeding or even not failing at
more things — such the tenacity
of our will to do rather than be.
One Dimensional Human
Where there is no censorship, isn’t it reasonable to conclude nothing anyone says threatens the established order?
Herbert Marcuse didn’t exactly put it this way, but this aphorism is easy to deduce from his thoughts. One Dimensional Man came out fifty years ago. It had quite an impact in those years, but was quickly forgotten. It is prescient in ways I never could have foreseen.