And of course that is the problem with all truly powerful ideas. And what we have been talking of is… — Samuel R. Delany
And of course that is the problem with all truly powerful ideas. And what we have been talking of is certainly that. What it produces is illuminated by it. But applied where it does not pertain, it produces distortions as terrifying as the idea was powerful.
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