Daniel Dafoe once said, “One mischief always introduces another.” Comparatively, I believe people are often driven by their penchant for mischief. I wonder if this fact is a helpless, even
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Since time immemorial, scholars and artists conjured imaginary worlds much before scientists could actualise and invent them. Leonardo da Vinci conceptualised the parachute, the tank and the glider helicopter and drew detailed diagrams of a helicopter some 400 years before it became a reality. Gene Wolfe imagined a world paralysed by endless traffic jams in Strange Travelers.
“Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,”