It's still politics... but _way_ more interesting: Let Them Drink Blood https://tni-back-soon.github.io/essays/let-them-drink-blood/index.html
> Alexander Bogdanov, a cofounder of the Bolshevik party and Lenin's one-time > rival, was a particularly Thielian figure in the group. In 1905, Bogdanov > wrote the science fiction novel Red Star, depicting a communist society on > Mars where parabiosis was practiced as a form of mutual aid. Two decades > after writing Red Star, Bogdanov founded the State Institute for Haematology > and Blood Transfusions. He subjected himself to these transfusions, and died > from a botched trial--a fitting metaphor for a revolutionary killed by his > own "fanatical and superstitious belief in the miraculous power of their > social sciences." -- ☣ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
