Paul Boccaccio » not that i think we have a civilization per se http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog I love writing, and books, and writing books. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Age of the Shrug http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/2010/02/04/the-age-of-the-shrug/ http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/2010/02/04/the-age-of-the-shrug/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:00:49 +0000 Paul http://www.paulboccaccio.com/blog/?p=474

Jessica saw the shrug, thought, This is the age of the shrug. [...] Our civilization could well die of indifference within it before succumbing to external attack.

— Frank Herbert, Children of Dune

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