I wonder if the recent school massacre in Colorado strikes you as yet another manifestation of the phenomenon of “the Boiling Frog,” which you described in The Story Of B.Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Evolution, Prophets, Revolution, Story Of B| Read More
I am making a web page with some chapters of your books. This is ok, right? I have given credit to you, of course. I was also wondering about a summary of Ishmael (like the summaries on the backs of The Story of B and My Ishmael) and also about excerpts from all three books I could use for the page.Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Ishmael, My Ishmael, Story Of B, Writing and Publishing| Read More
My question is, when does a person become B? Is there a fundamental amount of knowledge one must have? Or can one be a B with any amount of knowledge as long as the ‘spirit’ (an admittedly inaccurate word) of the message is understood? …of course being perhaps less effective than those with more knowledge to provide more complete answers?Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Education, Story Of B| Read More
According to our Taker mythology one of the most important values is the belief in “right” and “wrong” which is dependent upon positing a single God’s existence. If there is no God then there can be no “objective” good and evil or right and wrong. From murder is wrong, infanticide is wrong, stealing is wrong all the way down to gossiping is wrong if it can hurt someone, these are ideas that were taught starting with Judaism. Was this idea (Ethical Monotheism) that Judaism brought to the world not a positive thing for the world?Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Anthropology, Christian, Quinn's Motivations, Religion, Revolution, Story Of B| Read More
Some questions concerning the NO RIGHT WAY TO LIVE idea… Are their wrong ways? Does your answer imply that you did not, do not oppose human slavery? Do you not believe Nazism/Fascism is a wrong way? Are you positionless? And what would that mean? Do you believe in any moral absolutes? Aren’t “ways” that do not foster life, and the law of life WRONG ways? Is not adopting ways in harmony with a new vision a right way? (I am aware of the point about the Gebusi in the book, and who are we to say their way is wrong, but they are supposedly of a different culture, a Leaver one, so within OUR culture can there not be better and worse paths? Clearly not all of the distinctions that exist in our huge Taker culture can be explained away as different programs, and different currents in the same flooding waters?)Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Animism, Anthropology, Political Correctness, Quinn's Motivations, Religion, Story Of B| Read More
Why “B”? Why not “W”? I was thinking maybe of Beelzebub (playing into the speculation of his accusers) or Toffler’s ” Third Wave”, as in A, B & C, but what do YOU say?Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Story Of B| Read More
How did you decide on scleroderma for the disease?Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Story Of B| Read More
How did DQ arrive at the name Shirin and what is its meaning?Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Story Of B| Read More
DQ claims that there are no programs that are going to help and that “just talking” is the best method. Are our hands tied? When does our action become mere programs?Categories: I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Priorities, Story Of B| Read More
I often encourage people to read Ishamel (and now I suppose I should tell those people to read The Story of B as well), and they almost always ask me, “OK, what’s it about?” I’m kind of at a loss for words. I don’t really want to mention the gorilla aspect, and when I say, “It’s a dialogue between a student and a teacher about saving the world.” or something similar, they usually just smile and tell me that sounds “interesting.” What would be a better response to the question of what Ishmael is about?Categories: I'd Like Some Advice|Tags: Ishmael, Story Of B| Read More
