Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Who said "No one should have dominion over the world" ?

He lived a life as opposed as possible to technology. He refused to let the material world draw the boundaries of life. He came to think of the internal combustion engine as the greatest evil ever put upon this earth. Why? Because technology is powerful, seductive and addictive.. and everyone can be tempted into evil uses of power.

Suprise: it is Tolkien, author of Lord of the Rings. His trilogy is the most read novel after.. the bible. He describes his work as "fundamentally religious and Catholic". But "No one should have dominion over the world" still 'rings' quite true today..

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