“The trial never ends. We wanted to see if you had the ability to expand your mind and your horizons. And for one brief moment, you did. For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you had never considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebulae, but charting the unknowable possibilities of existence.”
Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 210 – Ship in a Bottle – After Dark
— References —
- Dune, Herbert (1965)
- Star Trek, Roddenberry (1966)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation, Roddenberry (1987)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, Sternbach and Okuda (1991)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Berman (1993)
- Star Trek: Voyager, Berman (1995)
- Stargate: SG1, Glassner (1997)
- Farscape, O’Bannon (1999)
- Star Trek: Enterprise, Berman (2001)
- Battlestar Galactica, Moore (2004)
- Star Trek: Discovery, Fuller (2017)
- American Pravda – Racial Discrimination at Harvard, Unz (2018) – https://www.unz.com/runz/american-pravda-racial-discrimination-at-harvard/
- Fire Upon the Deep – Speculative Fiction and the Sci-Fi Universe, Myth of the 20th Century (2019) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2019/07/10/fire-upon-the-deep-speculative-fiction-and-the-sci-fi-universe/
- How to deal with China, The Economist (2021) – https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/03/20/how-to-deal-with-china
- Why ‘Islamic’ Trended After a Mass Shooting in Boulder and ‘Christian’ Did Not After One in Atlanta, Ali (2021) – https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-islamic-trended-after-a-mass-shooting-in-boulder-and-christian-did-not-after-one-in-atlanta
- Trafficking in Persons Report – https://www.state.gov/trafficking-in-persons-report/
If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. -Francis Parker Yockey
I never got seriously into SNG, but did watch it. I still found your discussion, in comparison with modern globo-homo, to be very interesting. On a related note, I found myself fully aware when I realized that the “good guys” were degenerates. Thanks for the episode.
I’ve been wanting to do a Star Trek parody, but (aside no computer) I’ve been struggling with ideas. The point the federation is similar to the Borg is very interesting. It’s like the difference between Dracula (the fed) & Frankenstein (Borg).