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Like many US citizens, I prefer insulation. I avoid real news.
Establishment media realizes this and gives us plausible news that won't makes us feel bad about ourselves or our country. The result is that we're floating on our backs in a pool of total bullshit.
Read this book and take a look under the surface.
Without real journalism, and people willing to read it, we can only pretend to have democracy.

Now that corporations have rights similar to humans, shouldn't we execute a few of them for treason?
We should at least make them add little swastikas to their logos.

Readers will be happy to learn that while millions were dying in World War II, Money Disneyland and its priesthood were not disturbed in the least bit.

Interesting conception of a world where Empiricism versus Intuitionism is a thing.
This was a great first novel.
Escalators make an appearance for comic relief.
If you were a child in the 60's you will relive some of the imagery.
What will you replace "verticality" with?
What is your "up" button?
The theme reminds me now of Newton versus Leibniz, with Newton representing the Empiricists.

I'm also reminded of the two modes of thought in Rudy Rucker's "The Big Aha".
Roughly mapping it this way
Robotic -> Empiricist
Cosmic - > Intuitionist

Also, think of Cosmic Mode as the "space folding" mode of the Guild Navigators.

Now I'll advertise some pop culture:
Sylvan Esso's: Coffee reminds me of the "dime-a-dance" segment in the Intuitionist.

For awhile, I wondered if "trust" would be the new verticality. That the essence of an elevator is to get into a box and "trust".

When I was 17, I claimed I was "wandering the continuous maze of existence."