Disturbing the Universe - Freeman Dyson - Part 2

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A review of 'Disturbing the Universe' by Freeman Dyson Part 2
Chapters 2 to 4
Page 17: I asked myself the age-old questions, why does God permit war, and why does God permit injustice, and I found no answers....
in a blinding flash of inner light I saw the answer to both my problems, the problem of war and the problem of injustice. The answer was amazingly simple. I called it Cosmic Unity. Cosmic Unity said: There was only one of us. We are all the same person. ...There is no problem of injustice because your sufferings are also mine. There will be no problem of war as soon as you understand that in killing me you are only killing yourself.
For some days I quietly worked out in my own mind the metaphysics of Cosmic Unity. The more I thought about it, the more convinced I became that it was the living truth. It was logically incontrovertible. ....Only one small problem remained. I must find a way to convert the world to my way of thinking!
Page 26: Anger is creative, depression is useless.
Page 30: Technology has made evil anonymous.
Page 41: In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad.

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