The Minute We Look, We Cease Being

There Isn't Any Delusion. It Is Absolutely Clear That This Body Energy Is A Genuine Phenomenon Of Some Kind.

I Think Every Writer Should Have Tattooed Backwards On His Forehead, Like Ambulance On Ambulances, The Words 'everybody Needs An Editor.

Readers Probably Haven't Heard Much About It Yet, But They Will. Quantum Technology Turns Ordinary Reality Upside Down.

A Hundred Years From Now, People Will Look Back On Us And Laugh. They'll Say, 'you Know What People Used To Believe? They Believed In Photons And Electrons. Can You Imagine Anything So Silly?' They'll Have A Good Laugh, Because By Then There Will Be Newer Better Fantasies... And Meanwhile, You Feel The Way The Boat Moves? That's The Sea. That's Real. You Smell The Salt In The Air? You Feel The Sunlight On Your Skin? That's All Real. Life Is Wonderful. It's A Gift To Be Alive, To See The Sun And Breathe The Air. And There Isn't Really Anything Else.

Kids Didn't Have Huge Backpacks When I Was Their Age. We Didn't Have Backpacks At All. Now It Seemed All The Kids Had Them. You Saw Little Second-graders Bent Over Like Sherpas, Dragging Themselves Through The School Doors Under The Weight Of Their Packs. Some Of The Kids Had Their Packs On Rollers, Hauling Them Like Luggage At The Airport. I Didn't Understand Any Of This. The World Was Becoming Digital; Everything Was Smaller And Lighter. But Kids At School Lugged More Weight Than Ever.