"History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken."

Did it.
But the Quote is still highly ambigous. Which aspect oif history does he condemn?

He was extremely edgy and depressed, he probably needed a hug and some hot coco. Maybe some warm hole too.

It's so strange to me that people want our cities to look like this in the future. It looks like a nightmare.

Tons of cities basically already look like this.
Its not about preference but the hyper-real manifestations of the economy

How does it feel to know that three of the top five modern writers in your country were drug addicts at a point of their lives?
N-not that I'm an addict sir

Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai already resemble this a bit.

>Hemmingway and DFW killed themselves so you should too!

Well, I'm just saying I might (certainly) still be a genius though I do drugs.

Its still indicative of an unserious person with nothing to contribute though but whatever makes you feel better is clearly the line you live your life by

basically the same message as zootopia

Which was?

the "paralysis" of dubliners

the weight of irish history and identity bearing down on his artistic vision
best post itt

youtu.be/tATeLQL-B74

it's about the idea that learning about history, rather than freeing him, is paralyzing him. everything he does and every decision he makes is done not for its own sake but rather in reference to - or in defiance of - historical precedent. it's a plea for a kind of immanent, lived reality, much like the idea from elsewhere in the chapter that God is 'a shout in the street.'

So Joyce believed neither in the worth of God, nor Hegels religiously inspired progressive history?