"…stunning boredom is the secret weapon of European integration. Europe succeeds precisely by being so entirely and utterly boring that the world’s most fractious and warlike peoples are, like…
huh? What were you saying? Cucumbers? We freakin’ firebombed Dresden and you’re talking about cucumbers now?"
Bruce Sterling here. Any of my bureaucratic homies who’ve ever had to plough through EU documents or meetings will recognise this. The EU - not only preventing wars amongst its member states, but also curing insomnia.
posted Sunday 07/05/2009 Permalink
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