Friday, June 19, 2015

Worth considering

Ten years ago, I interviewed Michael Crichton about his novel State of Fear.  Given the new papal encyclical, I think it's worth posting again:

Crichton responds to his eco-critics What he's most concerned about, the author says, is a climate of fear. - philly-archives.

"To me, one of the fascinating aspects of the constant creation of fear in our society is that there is no countervailing force. We live under a government that was carefully constructed to have checks and balances. But there is none for fear production. On the contrary, it serves nearly everybody to keep those fears coming. So I have little hope for the future unless people wake up and realize what is being done to them. Or unless we change our laws to define information as a product and allow product liability suits to be brought against bad information."

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