Read a think-piece on the splinter futurist sect of modest size on a dark-side-Bonnie-and-Clyde run in the states. Noticed that their leader spent some time at one of the Midwestern land-grants where I studied and taught a bit. Unsurprising--precisely the sort of derangement that comes from a university that has more to do with cable (do we still call it that?) television drama than long hours in the stacks. I recognize the tone of their manifestos from the papers that I (endlessly) graded. One of the largest academic libraries on the planet, and on any given day, an infinitesimal fraction of the tens of thousands of are to be found inside. Much to do with corruption there -- and that sort of thing does have knock-on effects. The care of souls.
