Prometheus Rising

Uh [chuckles] and, uh, s- yeah, yeah.

So [chuckles] so Wilson is, um, you know, I think, I think that's, I think that's a clue to his political thinking, and I think that's-- I know that's what I really appreciate about his take is that just like many things in his philosophy, he's, you know, the old adage, you know, "This is how it is, but, you know, this is how I envision it to be." And, um, he's able to, um, provide a certain diagnosis or observation that, that accords with, you know, sensual truth, meaning when he talked about the SNAFU principle in Prometheus Rising and other things, which is essentially that, you know, in hierarchical structures, there's the douchebag at the top that has to pretend like he knows everything going on, and everyone beneath him has to act like they don't see certain things because it might piss off the boss, and so they can't say certain things 'cause it might get them fired.

Uh, this eventually creates a distorted reality, and it's out of sync and out of tune and out of rhythm, out of syncopation.

And Bob, when it comes down to it, is a, is a old pothead jazz, jazz freak hipster, man.

Mm.

And if people want, uh, more information on this, they can check out your book, uh, and Chapel Perilous: Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson.

Also Prometheus Rising, uh, kind of a good explication of this.

Some of that is dated now, it's considered dated now.