Where there is dirt there is system. Dirt is the byproduct of a systematic ordering and classification of matter.

Institutions have the pathetic megalomania of the computer whose whole vision of the world is its own program.

Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place.

Inside a religious body you get sects and hierarchies, inside an information network you get bazaars and cathedrals, it is the same, call them what you like. They survive by pointing the finger of blame at each other.

Any great organization can go through sectarian phases.

When we are reflecting on terrorism we can grieve for many things we do and have done.

It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.