The Half Death of Intellect
Intellect is now confronting a half-death
This has been accomplished by a multiplicity of factors
I welcome its end
Even intellects that I admire are too vastly tied to history
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Intellect has gone as far as it can get
There is no gainsaying faced with superficial dispatching
Of universal values
The basis of our future are tolerance, helpfulness, and democracy
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The conflict we are in is not over yet
What’s over is the binary declension that still dominates intelligence
It cannot wash
The values here presage a universe that might function intellectually