http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/authors/chris-batt/ Recent content in Chris Batt on Ariadne Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Sat, 19 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/18/batt/ Sat, 19 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/18/batt/ A title like that is going to take some effort to live up to. Whether taken in its original literal sense, as used by Lincoln Steffens reporting life in Russia in 1919, or as my intended double meaning, that IT will play a significant part in making the more abundant life, it remains quite a task to provide proof. It is a bold statement as a counterblast to the dystopic view of the future given at last year’s lecture by Trevor Hayward.