1900 House

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Mon Jun 26 11:24:59 PDT 2000



>The principle insight of the 1900 House series (shown here last year, no
>on PBS, this year) seemed to be that, despite protests to the contrary,
>most people are wedded to modern standards of living. The sheer
>barbarism of the world the environmentalists want to drag us back to is
>a salutary lesson.

Ah, JH, long time no kvetch. Surely there is some middle path between the sheer barbarism of 1900 with its backbreaking labor, arsenic-laden wallpaper, etc. and the sheer barbarism of the Brave New World that lies in wait with its genetically engineering social determinism and potential for mutant plagues.

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