...heeded that warning, hence the demise of their civilization, and their language. Nothing unenlightened can last forever.
Whether you consider my words to be mortal or immortal, or enlightened or unenlightened, is quite irrelevant. My words may, in reality, just be a symbolic cultural expression of one person's consciousness at a particular moment in time. Perhaps you may even consider my blog-pamphlet postings to be profound, timeless works of literary perfection and multi-level meaning, but that is beside the point when reflecting upon your own enlightenment. Always remember the Etruscans, and the global economy.
Enlightened self-interest is far better than any unenlightened pursuit, an example of the latter being trivial debate. How do you distinguish between the trivial and the significant, dear reader? And how do you distinguish between the mortal and the immortal?
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| Dancing in an Etruscan tomb |
The correlation between ever-higher skyscraper construction and economic collapse is quite evident even in Adelaide. The tallest building in Adelaide was constructed in 1988 for the State Bank of South Australia. I am not sure if its design was inspired by the Etruscans or even by the tower-building Trojans.
Imposing examples of architecture are frequently perceived to be in the public domain in one way or another, as are the pictures contained within Wikimedia Commons. The same can often be said of the immortal words to be found within Wikiquote, as my dear friend Christopher Marlowe frequently reminds me.
It is important for all persons to acknowledge the folly of building or purchasing an overly tall, overly large, or overly expensive structure, whether architectural, political or commercial. This also applies when launching a thousand ships on borrowed funds, under flags of convenience, or on the advice of a large committee. And new topless towers of Ilium should never be built in bushfire zones, except for observational purposes.
Should you dance on the grave of anyone whose immortal words may one day bite you?
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