Comments on: Motte and Bailey

By: Thales

Thales — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:48:22 +0000

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:37:09 +0000

Collapse is socio-political, and not (or only derivatively) techno-economic.

Yes. Although modern civilisation is characterised by a peculiar and increasing hypertrophy of technical integration. If the current stops, everything stops.

By: Jaymo

Jaymo — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:34:34 +0000

Motte has the advantage of having semi-decent wordplay with the French “mot” meaning “word.”

By: admin

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 04:33:52 +0000

JIm’s not known as the greatest punch-puller on the Internet.

By: Wyrd

Wyrd — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 03:38:47 +0000

Reading through the comments for Alexander’s article, I see the crazed howling of SJWs has led to Alexander perma-banning Jim. Pity that. I suppose Jim’s style is a little too sharp for their tender sensibilities. Perhaps he should consider trigger-warnings in the future.

By: Lesser Bull

Lesser Bull — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 02:36:04 +0000

True. The Diamond book on environmental collapse mainly showed how weak the case was, But we see great civilizations tumbling throughout recorded history, and there are ruins of peoples we don’t even know. Clearly the causes are internal, whether social or biological.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:11:18 +0000

My Twitter TL is full of that stuff. Absolute master of the genre is E.H. Looney (not NRx, but frequently retweeted by them).

By: admin

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:08:47 +0000

When the current stops flowing we won’t be moaning about it on the Internet.

That’s the Greer prediction — I’m deeply skeptical. Miniaturization and efficiency gains trump resource depletion IMHO. Collapse is socio-political, and not (or only derivatively) techno-economic.

By: Wyrd

Wyrd — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:05:09 +0000

“However NRx gets sub-divided, can I please not be in the part that foregrounds the return of jousting as a pressing cultural issue.”

Don’t knoct it until you try it. Who knows? You might be a passing good knight after all.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:53:55 +0000

Imagine all the other people
living in their own countries far awayay
imagine all the money
spent on the white mans burden
invested in the singularity
its easy if you try
No affirmative action dragging down productivity
no lawsuits or welfare too
imagine shaming slackers like we used to doohooo
imagine cultural confidence a wonder what it could do
think of all the things that might work again
like they used to do
public restrooms and waiting rooms in stations
business handshakes public ttansportation
imagine hundreds of millions less people in our lands
how much cleaner it would be
think how freer and easier
imagine no criminal justice system no INS and DOE
imagine how little a robotic dept of defense would cost
if we only hadn’t spent the R and D on school lunches
imagine no national debt or any interest too
so many trillions every year to move our people forward
imagine all the the talent used on spinning lies
all those academics pundits and NGO and politicians
freed up to lend a hand
imagine leftism without all the free votes
imagine all the hunter gatherers and pastoral fauna too
returned to live the life they re adapted for
protected from cellphones and tee shirts and AK 47s
we can manage their populations and the rhinoceroses too
they’ll think the drones are gods
theyll forget all about us
in a generation or two
you can say im a dreamer but im not the only one