@paulisci "life was better in the 1940ies", that's dark; especially reading this in germany. when I'm under the impression "these are absurd times" I think: "compared to 1933-1945?"

though - and counterfactual nostalgia may be part of it - it's time to be afraid of exactly this time: it has happened so it can happen again.

lighter stuff : you know douglas adams' three rules of technology?