Stewart Brand was a military man. He says somewhere that that is why he did not distrust the government and big science as much as a lot of other hippies.

“I think he saw the sub-title ACCESS TO TOOLS and thought they meant things like reloading equipment or scuba knives.”

My father-in-law, a retired Navy gunner’s mate, was upset when he went to Old Navy, because they didn’t carry old Navy clothes.

MWD

Oddly enough, my conservative Republican career military FATHER bought the catalog (!) I think he saw the sub-title ACCESS TO TOOLS and thought they meant things like reloading equipment or scuba knives.

Something rarely mentioned in discussions of the WER was the excellent little story that continued from page to page, about a hippie traveling the country in a VW Microbus named Urge. I believe the story was entitled “Divine Right’s Trip.” Divine Right was the hippie in the story. The story so inspired me that I eventually bought a ‘68 Microbus and named it Urge, Jr. Even had the personalized license plate and everything…

Stewart Brand is a sage. He later started a magazine called Co-Evolution Quarterly which evolved into Whole Earth Review, which was kind of like a quarterly WEC. A great fucking magazine which unfortunately eventually bit the dust due to financial problems.

RE: wing chun and structural integrity—-all the martial artists who really know their stuff understand the underpinnings of the concept. It’s not just wing chun (though I can tell you I really got some good lessons about SI from my years in the martial arts, which started with the study of wing chun.)

Shit. The fuckin’ WHOLE EARTH CATALOG! I’d kind of forgotten until now…

Hes my hero too, Im So jealous. I only met Bob Moog.. )*:

You know who also really digs him,???? Our freind the wing chun kung fu master
Sifu Steven Zeigler!

Who woulda thought?
He applies Buckys concept of the term INTEGRITY to Chinese kung fu.
efficient structural integrity… very cool.