tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post110652004661014443..comments2024-03-29T00:39:31.629-07:00Comments on CONTRARY BRIN: Modernism Part 8: The Price of HubrisDavid Brinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1106693622565229202005-01-25T14:53:00.000-08:002005-01-25T14:53:00.000-08:00To fill in that blank, did you mean Robert Moses, ...To fill in that blank, did you mean Robert Moses, the infamous public works planner?<br /><br />--GonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1106661697321646502005-01-25T06:01:00.000-08:002005-01-25T06:01:00.000-08:00My belated welcome to the blogosphere, Mr. Brin! ...My belated welcome to the blogosphere, Mr. Brin! I have made a couple of attempts but each has gone sour...perhaps one day.<br /><br />I thought I enjoyed your fiction, but this is a truly fascinating piece of writing. I admit to some bias on that count (I happen to hold a belief system that has been straddling the fence between modernism and romanticism for roughly 200 years).<br /><br />Oh, and it's good to know I'm in good company as a conservative who turned on Bush. Thanks for the interesting information in previous entries.<br /><br />--MabusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1106597993780409602005-01-24T12:19:00.000-08:002005-01-24T12:19:00.000-08:00Le Corbusier was not actually involved in the desi...Le Corbusier was not actually involved in the design of Brasilia, although it is based on his ideas about architecture. The actual desginers were:<br /><br />Urban planner: Lucio Costa<br />Architect for public buildings: Oscar Niemeyer<br />Landscape Designer: Roberto Burle MarxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-1106548985145446042005-01-23T22:43:00.000-08:002005-01-23T22:43:00.000-08:00I have occasionally wondered how Clinton (or Gore)...I have occasionally wondered how Clinton (or Gore) would have handled Sep 11. I've never thought about JFK, though!<br /><br />As you suggest, regardless of origins, all belief systems ultimately merge into the arrogant 'one way' mindset if periodic reality checks aren't made. It seems that the need for those checks is greatest when the system in question is at its most successful (or is that just the point at which things go off the rails, and downhill?)<br /><br />Thus, George W and JFK entered the same swamp of military adventurism, but from different directions.<br /><br />Maybe those political axes you were talking about should be mapped onto a sphere?<br /><br />Talking of towering egotism and its side effects highlights the irony that '<I>toppling a couple of high rise buildings</I>' led to '<I>an unpopular-quagmire, ill-run land war</I>' in the Middle East.<br /><br />Like dominoes, and just as predictable, if you know the lay of things. And it appears feasible, from what you and others have said elsewhere, that Bin Laden did know (although did it really take a genius to predict the reaction?). Afghanistan *might* have been his choice of site for an elephant trap, but Iraq is proving a very nice substitute.Tony Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14578160528746657971noreply@blogger.com