How to Think Forbidden Thoughts
Read "What You Can't Say," a positively outstanding essay about how to think forbidden thoughts. Read the whole thing, even if you have to come back later. Some choice quotes:
"To do good work you need a brain that can go anywhere. . . . Training yourself to think unthinkable thoughts has advantages beyond the thoughts themselves."
"The most important thing is to be able to think what you want, not to say what you want. . . . Within my head I make a point of encouraging the most outrageous thoughts I can imagine. But, as in a secret society, nothing that happens within the building should be told to outsiders. The first rule of Fight Club is, you do not talk about Fight Club."
"Zealots, whatever their cause, invariably lack a sense of humor."
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