Black Iron Prison from Philip K. Dick

  • I just want to say I have come to two conclusions while considering this:

    0). The Roman empire, despite being so large and literate, has almost no financial books that we read today. Why did a Roman not invent "the invisible hand"?

    1). How on earth did the Romans not invent steampower?

    2). Is the most common multiverse government a Roman one?

  • Reading VALIS trilogy & latter Radio Free Albemuth was a lifechanging experience, about a core lifechanging PKD encounter. The idea of the BIP is a super strong idea among tbis, an atemproal archin dogging us. Very gnostic to me.

    There's some Discordianism tie in too I think but Im forgetting exactly where.

    Anyhow, highly recommend. Wish this had gotten more votes & traction, oddball as it is for this place.