Thursday, September 22, 2011

Communications have reverted to the epistolary and the scroll. Who predicted it?
Give the white devil his due.

Does not work and play well with Others.
Is there, anywhere, a scholarly defense of "primitive affluence" that can withstand Ted Kaczynski's critique in his Technological Slavery?

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

unacknowledged complementarity

What is the difference between a land of opportunity and a land of opportunism? What's the difference between a master race and a race of oppressors?

Additional examples of unacknowledged complementarity.

what you believe

If you believe an individual can make can make a difference in history then you subscribe to some variation of the "great man" theory of history. If you don't believe unlimited growth is possible you are some kind of Malthusian.
Man's deadliest idea: God.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

I'd like to hear a personal, multi-million dollar fortune justified by its owner in terms that didn't amount to a de facto justificiation to capitalism.