Not only the “montevidean” pre-figured surrealism and wrote one of the most influential literature works of french literature before he died at age 24, he also had something to say on progress and ideas, giving some insight on how our ethos is at play when we want to be both innovative and true at the same time.
“Plagiarism is necessary. It is implied in the idea of progress. It clasps the author’s sentence tight, uses his expressions, eliminates a false idea, replaces it with the right idea” Isidore Ducasse, Comte de LautrĂ©amont, 1870
That’s a good 137 years before Dave Winer.
