It should not be surprising that a man as insistently individualistic - and as uncommon a sort - as he would emphasize freedom of personal choice far more than the potentially toxic harvest that might result from cultivating that dangerous seed in isolation. As with every other of his formulations, this one - the concept of untrammeled freedom of choice for the individual - is taken out of the context of its biological and societal surroundings.
Translation: ordinary people can't be trusted with personal freedom.
And this quote:
More probably, acclaim would be balanced by horror. Ethicists, economists, sociologists, members of the clergy, and many worried scientists could be counted on to join huge numbers of thoughtful citizens in a counterreaction.
Translation: The wise elites will rise up to save the ignorant masses from the consequences of their greed and stupidity.
Well, Nuland is a Yalie. Still, he does sketch a fairly admiring portrait of de Grey.
Does anyone out there know what this means? I musta missed the initial instructions about what to smoke/ingest before reading.