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Human beings were not well served by permanence or stasis. obviously, if individuals were progressing, they were undergoing a series of presumably desirable alterations, but in a universe where flux is fundamental, it can be argued that even change for the worse is preferable to no change at all. isn't fixity the hallmark of the living dead?.
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Human Beings Were Not Well Served By

Tom Robbins
Human beings were not well served by permanence or stasis. obviously, if individuals were progressing, they were undergoing a series of presumably desirable alterations, but in a universe where flux is fundamental, it can be argued that even change for the worse is preferable to no change at all. isn't fixity the hallmark of the living dead?.
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