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Would It Be Anything Like A Literary Disaster If Gore Vidal Were To Fall Silent? Easy. No. In Fact, There Is Something To Be Said For The Idea.

The Busybodies Have Begun To Infect American Society With A Nasty Intolerance - A Zeal To Police The Private Lives Of Others And Hammer Them Into Standard Forms - A Nation Of Finger Pointers.

For Now, We Assume That Self-evolving Robots Will Learn To Mimic Human Traits, Including, Eventually, Humor. And So, I Can't Wait To Hear The First Joke That One Robot Tells To Another Robot.

When Man Sends Colonies Into Space, He Will Be Able To Mount Moveable, Sun-reflecting Mirrors To Simulate Rhythms Of Day And Night And Even The Terrestial Seasons...but He Doubtless Will Follow The Longstanding American Habit Of Thinking That Outer Space Should, As Much As Possible, Resemble Southern California.

The Clinton's Secret Is That They Live In A Morally Discontinuous Universe-events Do Not Have Consequences, And What Happened 15 Minutes Ago Has No Connection To What Happens Now. Beware Of Power When It Masters The Secret Of Popular Amnesia.