Comments on: Bespoke Singularities http://www.xenosystems.net/bespoke-singularities/ Involvements with reality Thu, 05 Feb 2015 06:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: Mark Warburton http://www.xenosystems.net/bespoke-singularities/#comment-1918 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:15:30 +0000 http://www.xenosystems.net/?p=272#comment-1918 What a beautiful quote, didn’t know it was Keynes. Certainly have come across it before I think. Ok, understood you on the second go on the “ularities”.I do feel a little out of my depth here. Hopefully I’ll get into the swing of things eventually..! Yes, perhaps you’re right. Krugman is pretty crude, yeah. I’d give him brownie points on his persistence and ubiquity though. That bastard’s everywhere!

]]> By: Handle http://www.xenosystems.net/bespoke-singularities/#comment-1917 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:57:44 +0000 http://www.xenosystems.net/?p=272#comment-1917 With apologies to Keynes, perhaps today’s ubergeek-only-undernews is the day after tomorrow’s cynosure of Historical understanding.

And speaking of Keynes and “ularities” – maybe one of the one’s left out (besides Leftist Singularity, ‘natch) was “Quipularity” related to “Retroquipocracy” or rule of today’s elite ideas by past scribblers who were particularly good at turning a phrase resonant in today’s dominant tongue.

Keynes, whatever you think of his theories, is Lord Excelsior at this, at least in his realm and domain.

It’s a pretty rare gift. Mention Keynes and many educated folks can quote his most quotable quotes. Now, do the same for Krugman. Um … Stiglitz? Um … You know these men are clever, and decent at rhetoric, and yet …

Try it for yourself. Google these gentlemen, or any others that come to mind, and “quotes” and ye shall know them by their lames.

]]> By: Mark Warburton http://www.xenosystems.net/bespoke-singularities/#comment-1906 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:54:26 +0000 http://www.xenosystems.net/?p=272#comment-1906 @Handle

Its premise is too geeky for undernews/memes in-itself!

]]> By: Handle http://www.xenosystems.net/bespoke-singularities/#comment-1902 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:28:12 +0000 http://www.xenosystems.net/?p=272#comment-1902 After I was done laughing, I’m starting to think that this particular document is the work of intellectual History of our age. Really. That says a lot. It captures so much of the social evolutionary equivalent of what Kaus calls “undernews.” I wonder if it becomes a third order meta-meme.

Newscorpularity – “Life as a zombie with a credit card.” Hmm….

]]> By: Mark Warburton http://www.xenosystems.net/bespoke-singularities/#comment-1893 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:26:48 +0000 http://www.xenosystems.net/?p=272#comment-1893 My Branflakes were flying all over the shop. This is hilarious (and at times close to the bone)!

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