Theodore Dalrymple on H. G. Wells' 'The Time Machine'

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I could listen to Dr. Daniels endlessly. His discerning mind, elegant wit, and marvelous erudition make him one of my favorite authors. Bravo! And I learned things about Wells that I hadn’t known. Bonus!

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An unalloyed joy to listen to a lecture of such intellectual breadth and depth. More would be very gratefully received! Thank you Dr Daniels and well done Ralston College.

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Wonderful discussion

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[@MrRezillo]

One amusing detail of "The Time Machine" that's always stuck with me. When the narrator returns from the future, presumably at an arranged time with his clothes in tatters, his amazed friends are eager to hear his harrowing tale. But first: he has to dress for dinner! It wouldn't do for a gentleman time traveler to appear for dinner in a state of sartorial disarray. I've always gotten a chuckle out of that.

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Super cool

[@DouwedeJong]

Where does desire begin and necessity end? - Is a simple question wrt to Socialism. I find it odd that Stephen makes such a leap to the principles of technology during a pandemic. What am I missing?

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What you're 'missing' is that the 'pandemic' was a planned way for disguising the desires of Technocrats as 'necessity' and hiding the fact that a remnant of Morloch are utilizing stolen access to advanced technology as their means for masquerading as 'Eloi' in our time. The hypocrite Socialists are secretly quite proud of themselves for that identity theft, too.

[@effectrode]

Not an analysis of Wells's 'The Time Machine': Dalrymple barely gets to grips with the expansive ideas embodied within the novel. If anything, this video is seems to be a vehicle for Dalrymple's own political views and biases. Further, he, and the host, both spend a considerable amount of time dwelling on Wells's sex life, and exploring "the difficulty of finding well-fitting shoes".

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Very interesting. I just wish he didn't speak like reading a book

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Daniels delivery is spoiled by his random emphasis on words.