SHARED WITH A FRIEND: We are now in a period where we are actively promoting division and ignorance. However in all times of restriction something new is born and humanity takes the minutest step towards our purpose. What that purpose is is for us to decide. It doesn’t happen in one lifetime but over multitudes. We are part of only a tiny tiny slither of it all. Ego is so corrupting and we particularly in modern western society are taught to believe that we are somehow ‘special’ but that is a lie. We are not just part of the human species but part of the life of this planet. We are the conscience of this place but we struggle to grasp it. I suspect you’ll think I’m on another ramble yet you’ve always shown some interest in what I say. I still think we are in for tough times however I have hope.
And, 55 years later (a blip in Human Civilisation) we are still at the stage of "Heroic Materialism" driven by the greed of "I want my share". Cecil the Lion fell to this human hubris.
Machines, the computer, the maxim gun the means by which authoritarian regimes, can keep man in subjection, he was smart to see the danger of the digital age in it's infancy.Superb series.
I did my dissertation on chiswick house. it's been bashed together from drawings bought in italy, not unusual indeed but nowhere near the standard of the roman and greek forebearers.
"condemned for treachery" ?!? I think he wanted to say "for treason". But as Lord Clark would have admitted himself: all men on this spinning rock in space are fallible, except one.
"Our whole society is based on exploitation." This is one of Clarke's glorious clangers. Successful societies are based on reciprocity and goodwill. though lacking in eighteenth century France is not true today in the liberal West and increasingly everywhere else.
Are you dreaming? Name one society that wasn't empirical in nature, the top percentage living off the majority, as much today as at any time in human history.
I cannot admire Turner and cannot shed the suspicion that he painted that way because he was not very good at painting. Nonetheless, he inspired the French (Impressionists), who showed how it should be done with their superior skills.
The opening to episode 12 has to be one of the best pieces of broadcasting ever. Beautiful.
Still touching lives in 2023...thanks you so much for uploading. What a beautiful series!
These are timeless because he speaks of things that are eternal.
A marvellous series. Thank you for posting! 👍👍
SHARED WITH A FRIEND:
We are now in a period where we are actively promoting division and ignorance.
However in all times of restriction something new is born and humanity takes the minutest step towards our purpose.
What that purpose is is for us to decide. It doesn’t happen in one lifetime but over multitudes.
We are part of only a tiny tiny slither of it all.
Ego is so corrupting and we particularly in modern western society are taught to believe that we are somehow ‘special’ but that is a lie.
We are not just part of the human species but part of the life of this planet. We are the conscience of this place but we struggle to grasp it.
I suspect you’ll think I’m on another ramble yet you’ve always shown some interest in what I say.
I still think we are in for tough times however I have hope.
A marvellous and wonderful series of programs.
This is wonderful , thank you from a new Subscriber.
Thank you, thank you
And, 55 years later (a blip in Human Civilisation) we are still at the stage of "Heroic Materialism" driven by the greed of "I want my share".
Cecil the Lion fell to this human hubris.
Machines, the computer, the maxim gun the means by which authoritarian regimes, can keep man in subjection, he was smart to see the danger of the digital age in it's infancy.Superb series.
Only 2 people in pre-modern history thought of climbing a mountain for fun, the rest never even thought of writing about it
Touching lives to realize how fast the European civilization is crumbing …😕☹️
I did my dissertation on chiswick house. it's been bashed together from drawings bought in italy, not unusual indeed but nowhere near the standard of the roman and greek forebearers.
"He [Byron] would probably have been a pessimist anyway - it was part of his egotism" 😅
"condemned for treachery" ?!? I think he wanted to say "for treason". But as Lord Clark would have admitted himself: all men on this spinning rock in space are fallible, except one.
"Our whole society is based on exploitation." This is one of Clarke's glorious clangers. Successful societies are based on reciprocity and goodwill. though lacking in eighteenth century France is not true today in the liberal West and increasingly everywhere else.
Are you dreaming? Name one society that wasn't empirical in nature, the top percentage living off the majority, as much today as at any time in human history.
Can you clarify? Are you saying our liberal societies aren’t based on exploitation?
Obviously he's right, though people still don't like to admit it.
Both can be true. It relies on one’s definition of ‘successful’ and whether you consider our society in the liberal west to be so.
Ever heard of sweatshops?
I cannot admire Turner and cannot shed the suspicion that he painted that way because he was not very good at painting. Nonetheless, he inspired the French (Impressionists), who showed how it should be done with their superior skills.
Of course he could paint. Look at the self potrait he did as a young man, its on your currency.