Julian Assange vs. Kurt Vonnegut
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Julian Assange
1971 – present
Julian Paul Assange is an Australian editor, programmer, and publisher who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published a series of leaks from Chelsea Manning, a United States Army intelligence analyst: footage of a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad showing war crimes committed by the U.S.
"There is a view that one should never be permitted to be criticized for being even possibly in the future engaged in a contributory act that might be immoral, a…"
Kurt Vonnegut
1922 – 2007
Kurt Vonnegut was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. His published work includes fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over fifty years; further works have been published since his death.
"Maybe God has let everybody who ever lived be reborn — so he or she can see how it ends. Even Pitecanthropus erectus and Australopithecus and Sinanthropus peken…"
Connections
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