tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post8357514784412708570..comments2024-02-05T01:55:53.566-08:00Comments on Gently Mad: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott and Rube Goldberg by Peter MarzioSharon Wilfonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-74911136381409696922016-01-27T12:09:35.036-08:002016-01-27T12:09:35.036-08:00Hi RT. No, I think you are right. He is satirizi...Hi RT. No, I think you are right. He is satirizing people's rebellion against changing the way they think.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-17585310540380396422016-01-27T11:52:18.647-08:002016-01-27T11:52:18.647-08:00Flatland, a reading experience from my Paleolithic...Flatland, a reading experience from my Paleolithic past, reminded me that my observations of the world in which I lived (versus the world represented in Flatland) were incomplete and superficial, which is perhaps the satirical unpinning of the book, but I could be quite wrong about that critical assertion.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-20716818429173191882016-01-25T07:19:12.826-08:002016-01-25T07:19:12.826-08:00Thanks, Brian. Rube Goldberg was prettying insigh...Thanks, Brian. Rube Goldberg was prettying insightful.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-33750503138972559562016-01-25T04:31:58.215-08:002016-01-25T04:31:58.215-08:00Great commentary as usual Sharon.
I read Flatland...Great commentary as usual Sharon.<br /><br />I read Flatland a long time ago. I agree, it really helps to open up one's mind to the possibilities of thinking out of the box.<br /><br />That one Goldberg cartoon about nuclear annihilation is so effective.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com