Does A Poet Create, Originate, Initiate The

Does A Poet Create, Originate, Initiate The Thing Called A Poem, Or Is His Behavior Merely The Product Of His Genetic And Environmental Histories?

If The World Is To Save Any Part Of Its Resources For The Future, It Must Reduce Not Only Consumption But The Number Of Consumers.

In A World Of Complete Economic Equality, You Get And Keep The Affections You Deserve. You Can't Buy Love With Gifts Or Favors, You Can't Hold Love By Raising An Inadequate Child, And You Can't Be Secure In Love By Serving As A Good Scrub Woman Or A Good Provider.

Society Already Possesses The Psychological Techniques Needed To Obtain Universal Observance Of A Code - A Code Which Would Guarantee The Success Of A Community Or State. The Difficulty Is That These Techniques Are In The Hands Of The Wrong People-or, Rather, There Aren't Any Right People.

Punitive Measures Whether Administered By Police, Teachers, Spouses Or Parents Have Well Known Standard Effects: (1) Escape-education Has Its Own Name For That: Truancy, (2) Counterattack-vandalism On Schools And Attacks On Teachers, (3) Apathy-a Sullen Do-nothing Withdrawal. The More Violent The Punishment, The More Serious The By-products.