The Planet Is Full And We Will

If You Look Back On The History Of The 20th Century, The 19th Century Or Even To The Ancien Régime Of The 18th, You Will See That First People Rebelled Against The Order Of The Things Because Of Lack Of Liberty, And Demanded More Freedom. And When They Got More Freedom, They Got Frightened, And They Desired More Security For A Change. After A While, They Started Complaining, Although More Secure, They Also Become More Dependent And Rule-bound.

I Suspect That The Peer-review System Carries A Good Part Of Blame For The Fact That Something Like Sixty Percent Or More Of Journal Articles Are Never Quoted (which Means Leaving No Trace On Our Joint Scholarly Pursuits), And (in My Reception At Any Rate) The "learned Journals" (with A Few Miraculous Exceptions That Entail, Prominently, Tcs) Ooze Monumental Boredom.

All The Skills Which I Have Acquired During My Sociological Life Allow Me To Diagnose And Explain What Is Going On, But Not To Predict What Will Happen.

I Worry About Younger Generations Who Were Born To View Their Country Trampling On Humanity Of Everyone That Comes In Its Way, As The 'normal State Of Affairs" - Because They Knew No Other. We Know How Easy It Is To Shed, Under Such Circumstances, The Thin And Frail Veneer Of Civilization, Not To Mention The Moral Standards Of Which The Jews Were Presumed To Be The World's Teachers.

Freedom Without Security Portends Chaos, Perpetual Anxiety And Fear. Security Without Freedom Means Slavery. So, Each On Its Own Is Awful; Only Together They Make For A Good Life. But, A Big "but": Being Both Necessary, Complementing Each Other, They Are Nevertheless Virtually Incompatible.