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From the press release: In this ground-breaking new history of early America, historian Robert Zimmerman not only exposes the lie behind The New York Times 1619 Project that falsely claims slavery is central to the history of the United States, he also provides profound lessons about the nature of human societies, lessons important for Americans today as well as for all future settlers on Mars and elsewhere in space.

 
Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space, is a riveting page-turning story that documents how slavery slowly became pervasive in the southern British colonies of North America, colonies founded by a people and culture that not only did not allow slavery but in every way were hostile to the practice.  
Conscious Choice does more however. In telling the tragic history of the Virginia colony and the rise of slavery there, Zimmerman lays out the proper path for creating healthy societies in places like the Moon and Mars.

 

“Zimmerman’s ground-breaking history provides every future generation the basic framework for establishing new societies on other worlds. We would be wise to heed what he says.” —Robert Zubrin, founder of founder of the Mars Society.

 

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Bob Dylan – Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man

6:01 pm

An evening pause: Performed live at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964.

Hat tip Roland.

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5 comments

5 comments

  • MDN
    February 27, 2021 at 9:41 am

    Bob, this clip motivated me to look up how old Bob Dylan is, and from the Wiki page on him I see that he was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in 1941. Have you been hiding a celebrity relationship or alter ego from your readers???

  • Robert Zimmerman
    February 27, 2021 at 10:09 am

    MDN: Why is it that everyone who discovers this trivial fact, that I have known about since I was in the second grade, seems to think they must tell me?

    My goal in life has been to have people start approaching Dylan to tell him that he had the same name as that much more famous space historian. Let him be bothered by this also!

  • wayne
    February 27, 2021 at 10:34 am

    MDN / Mr. Z.,-
    –it is this trivial factoid, that plays utmost havoc, with searching for audio / video, of the real Bob Zimmerman!
    (as well, that ‘white-hispanic’ guy from florida still nets endless entries.)

    Ya’ know, there’s a clip that touches upon this happenstance!

    Office Space (1999)
    “Michael Bolton” clips
    https://youtu.be/-4spxWgms1c
    2:16
    (Intermittent Adult Expletives)

  • Blair K Ivey
    February 27, 2021 at 9:46 pm

    “Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man,
    Wear a mask for me.
    I’m insecure,
    and want to inflict misery.”

  • wayne
    February 28, 2021 at 5:42 am

    Blair-
    Good, stuff!

    Dana Carvey As Bob Dylan –
    Saturday Night Live (1991)
    https://youtu.be/PSaO5-cTEq8
    3:09

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