Machines, the computer, the maxim gun the means by which authoritarian regimes, can keep man in subjection, he was smart to see the danger of the digital age in it's infancy.Superb series.
"condemned for treachery" ?!? I think he wanted to say "for treason". But as Lord Clark would have admitted himself: all men on this spinning rock in space are fallible, except one.
SHARED WITH A FRIEND: We are now in a period where we are actively promoting division and ignorance. However in all times of restriction something new is born and humanity takes the minutest step towards our purpose. What that purpose is is for us to decide. It doesn’t happen in one lifetime but over multitudes. We are part of only a tiny tiny slither of it all. Ego is so corrupting and we particularly in modern western society are taught to believe that we are somehow ‘special’ but that is a lie. We are not just part of the human species but part of the life of this planet. We are the conscience of this place but we struggle to grasp it. I suspect you’ll think I’m on another ramble yet you’ve always shown some interest in what I say. I still think we are in for tough times however I have hope.
I did my dissertation on chiswick house. it's been bashed together from drawings bought in italy, not unusual indeed but nowhere near the standard of the roman and greek forebearers.
And, 55 years later (a blip in Human Civilisation) we are still at the stage of "Heroic Materialism" driven by the greed of "I want my share". Cecil the Lion fell to this human hubris.
"Our whole society is based on exploitation." This is one of Clarke's glorious clangers. Successful societies are based on reciprocity and goodwill. though lacking in eighteenth century France is not true today in the liberal West and increasingly everywhere else.
Are you dreaming? Name one society that wasn't empirical in nature, the top percentage living off the majority, as much today as at any time in human history.
I cannot admire Turner and cannot shed the suspicion that he painted that way because he was not very good at painting. Nonetheless, he inspired the French (Impressionists), who showed how it should be done with their superior skills.
The opening to episode 12 has to be one of the best pieces of broadcasting ever. Beautiful.
This is wonderful , thank you from a new Subscriber.
Still touching lives in 2023...thanks you so much for uploading. What a beautiful series!
These are timeless because he speaks of things that are eternal.
A marvellous and wonderful series of programs.
A marvellous series. Thank you for posting! 👍👍
Touching lives to realize how fast the European civilization is crumbing …😕☹️
Machines, the computer, the maxim gun the means by which authoritarian regimes, can keep man in subjection, he was smart to see the danger of the digital age in it's infancy.Superb series.
Thank you, thank you
Brilliant, one of the great British scholars and a true gentleman.
those shots at the university library are an amazing piece of documentation
"condemned for treachery" ?!? I think he wanted to say "for treason". But as Lord Clark would have admitted himself: all men on this spinning rock in space are fallible, except one.
SHARED WITH A FRIEND:
We are now in a period where we are actively promoting division and ignorance.
However in all times of restriction something new is born and humanity takes the minutest step towards our purpose.
What that purpose is is for us to decide. It doesn’t happen in one lifetime but over multitudes.
We are part of only a tiny tiny slither of it all.
Ego is so corrupting and we particularly in modern western society are taught to believe that we are somehow ‘special’ but that is a lie.
We are not just part of the human species but part of the life of this planet. We are the conscience of this place but we struggle to grasp it.
I suspect you’ll think I’m on another ramble yet you’ve always shown some interest in what I say.
I still think we are in for tough times however I have hope.
I did my dissertation on chiswick house. it's been bashed together from drawings bought in italy, not unusual indeed but nowhere near the standard of the roman and greek forebearers.
And, 55 years later (a blip in Human Civilisation) we are still at the stage of "Heroic Materialism" driven by the greed of "I want my share".
Cecil the Lion fell to this human hubris.
"He [Byron] would probably have been a pessimist anyway - it was part of his egotism" 😅
Only 2 people in pre-modern history thought of climbing a mountain for fun, the rest never even thought of writing about it
"Our whole society is based on exploitation." This is one of Clarke's glorious clangers. Successful societies are based on reciprocity and goodwill. though lacking in eighteenth century France is not true today in the liberal West and increasingly everywhere else.
Are you dreaming? Name one society that wasn't empirical in nature, the top percentage living off the majority, as much today as at any time in human history.
Can you clarify? Are you saying our liberal societies aren’t based on exploitation?
Obviously he's right, though people still don't like to admit it.
Both can be true. It relies on one’s definition of ‘successful’ and whether you consider our society in the liberal west to be so.
Ever heard of sweatshops?
One is most certainly a sucker for this kind of thing, and am glad to have watched it only 55 years after it was made, but KC isn't half full of crap.
Cheap shot remark with no context.
I cannot admire Turner and cannot shed the suspicion that he painted that way because he was not very good at painting. Nonetheless, he inspired the French (Impressionists), who showed how it should be done with their superior skills.
Of course he could paint. Look at the self potrait he did as a young man, its on your currency.
Turner with his powerful dramatic scenic paintings p****d all over the impressionists with their airy fairy art.
@@stormhawk3319 Yes, like a ham actor.
@@biddyearly9262that’s was a brilliant comeback 😂