The Pragmatist

"Overpopulation" is rich man's propa...

2012-05-17T08:40:34.857-04:00

"Overpopulation" is rich man's propaganda and we have agricultural technology to sustain 50 billion people easily. Oligarchs have always been concerned with "these overbreeding peasant vermin". Both population numbers and resources are dependent on levels of technology available. Asteroid belt/metals deeper in the earth's crust and terraformed deserts provide for

Unfortunately I missed the part about dealing with...

2012-05-16T21:28:13.203-04:00

Unfortunately I missed the part about dealing with overpopulation and finite resources beyond helium. Maybe concern for exponential growth hitting limits is some sort of reactionary hangover. Throw out a few more passee notions like gravity and I guess the sky's the limit.

many of the worlds low spots like the Sahara and m...

2012-04-15T01:12:19.283-04:00

many of the worlds low spots like the Sahara and many of the low spots on earth could be filled with rising seas due to Global meltdown. The benefits of massive new salt lakes could create nurseries for sea life to feed the billions, create new revenue while creating new jobs in the U.S. Tourism, creativity in Ocean drainage canals such as creating energy from gravity in drainage. I think

I understand how you felt it was impossible to cho...

2012-03-31T08:33:38.779-04:00

I understand how you felt it was impossible to choose just a few quotes because after I read this book it led me to write an enormous amount in several pages on my site. I also have had mixed feelings about the use of the word evil. I find the word "malicious" can help clear things up sometimes.

Thanks for this site

2012-03-27T03:23:54.946-04:00

Thanks for this site

I would love to see this done. The whole world wou...

2012-03-21T20:51:00.011-04:00

I would love to see this done. The whole world would benefit! Well written. Thank you.

Interesting idea. I believe Mali has made success...

2012-03-20T07:39:39.962-04:00

Interesting idea. I believe Mali has made successful efforts with terraforming, of course on a small scale. Terraforming could also lead to more habitat for various animal species from antelope to lions.

There is a reason that psychopaths dominate the me...

2012-03-09T16:25:24.222-05:00

There is a reason that psychopaths dominate the media and politics today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MZCHjGkTPg&feature=related

I agree there are more "blue/sad" lyrics...

2012-01-30T11:32:26.246-05:00

I agree there are more "blue/sad" lyrics in R&B. I guess that's why they call it R&B. I think country has a good mix of happy and sad stories. Rap is simply vulgar so I equate it closer to ear trash. So I don't see any equivalency between the groups of music. As I read this piece, I felt somewhat like your bio states: An Irish researcher (me) observing the writing of a

Interesting stuff. I doubt the federal government...

2011-11-12T11:12:39.053-05:00

Interesting stuff. I doubt the federal government would permit Texas to secede, regardless of the what their state constitution may say. As you point out, Texas is too important.

thanks!

2011-10-18T00:44:16.670-04:00

thanks!

This is an ingenious and hilarious juxtaposition i...

2011-09-27T19:12:43.010-04:00

This is an ingenious and hilarious juxtaposition in the form of a talk show format! Your take on NATO is accurate to the max. However I dispute the premise because 1) unlike the ney elected Lincoln, ghaddafi was sole dictator and a major wacko for over 40 years! Also the question of an anachronistic and immoral economic system based on slavery makes the American civil war an historical leap

I like your blog. Great thesis, great posts....

2011-09-23T02:39:21.623-04:00

I like your blog. Great thesis, great posts....

Excellent point on landlords staying out of the sp...

2011-08-25T20:13:50.337-04:00

Excellent point on landlords staying out of the spotlight and benefiting from the diversion of capital-labor conflict. Very often the strength of humanity's exploiters is inversely related to their public visibility. Good thing we don't have Internetlords yet to stop the current gently exponential informational awakening.

Regardless of one's thoughts on how our economic

Nice piece on landlordism as a holdover from our f...

2011-08-25T19:14:23.353-04:00

Nice piece on landlordism as a holdover from our feudal past. People who say capitalism is not working are correct but we do not have capitalism but a corrupt form of feudalism. In terms of capitalism and the idea of free markets the only time there is a free market in land is when there is a very heavy tax the value of land or rather on the rental value of land since as land value itself is

See "Dan Nocera: Personalized Energy" ht...

2011-08-12T06:19:22.092-04:00

See "Dan Nocera: Personalized Energy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTtmU2lD97o

Ive added a couple sentences to clarify owl's ...

2011-08-03T22:06:29.060-04:00

Ive added a couple sentences to clarify owl's assassination. The foxes here are psychopathic humans (less than 1% of the population) who like get rich quick predation schemes while other elders like owls and turtles are unemotional yet prudent humans (such as technically competent managerial class that run infrastructural hierarchies). Pretty much every society is an oligarchy but not every

Great job mirroring some of the current reality wi...

2011-08-03T02:09:38.526-04:00

Great job mirroring some of the current reality with simple concepts and characters.

Whew...it will take a second read to get it all. And that's my comprehension level even considering you've presented a simplified, fable version! Analyzing the more complex reality is a struggle.

So, are all the "elders" up to no good? Did the owl mislead or is that obvious

Ive taken this concern into account in a link in s...

2011-06-23T17:18:57.660-04:00

Ive taken this concern into account in a link in second to last paragraph ( http://pavelpodolyak.blogspot.com/2010/03/post-industrial-society-beyond-idiocy.html )

Technocratic mass re-industrialization is essential to help prevent an ecological collapse. That means mass scale fission projects, more compact cities, elimination of suburban sprawl, ultra fast public transit, vertical

Good God man, how could you possibly avoid discuss...

2011-06-22T23:57:56.045-04:00

Good God man, how could you possibly avoid discussing global ecological collapse. Every 12 months the world human population expands by 80,000,000 while during this same time frame an estimated 22,000 animal and plant species are driven extinct. Mankind is responsible for more species extinctions now than any other time in the past 67 million years, which is why scientists have termed the present

this is simply excellent!!

2011-06-06T18:24:36.261-04:00

this is simply excellent!!

I used to be a big Ron Paul supporter and think he...

2011-06-06T03:37:26.747-04:00

I used to be a big Ron Paul supporter and think he means well and consider him a key dissident ally against the current form of federal government. He did a lot of good by bringing people's attention to the organized crime syndicate that is the federal reserve.

I think we are all voluntaryist in that we all want less coercion. The key issue will be defining coercion and conditions

In reading this article, I wasn't able to asce...

2011-06-06T02:37:59.155-04:00

In reading this article, I wasn't able to ascertain whether you were a fan of or not a fan of the early Ron Paul Libertarianism. What's your opinion?

I agree that the Libertarian movement has diluted so much so that any impact it has will come with many compromises attached.

However, I'm very pleased that Libertarian ideas were voiced. You, more than most know

Great article, love the site and the way you think...

2011-05-10T15:48:40.328-04:00

Great article, love the site and the way you think, but some things I would like to point out/ put out there for thought

"What the ideologues of course differ on is how to get to more infrastructure for humanity."

I'm not sure if this is the case, many ideologues are trying to promote some type of morality, instead of debating differences on achieving commonly

40 year retirement age is more than reasonable con...

2011-05-09T21:16:42.974-04:00

40 year retirement age is more than reasonable considering the type of cutting edge production and distribution technologies that we already have. Plus we need new engineer/builder blood to keep replenishing the old timers (there's 7 billion of humans to draw from, vast majority being made obsolete by current capitalist system)