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macius (54)in #anarchy • 7 years ago
No war but class war?
Yes, generally it is useful to view struggles around the world as not democracy vs tyranny, or left vs right, or women against men, or whatever artificial division line is drawn…
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macius (54)in #life • 7 years ago
The future is here
Yesterday I met a friend of mine, after about 5 years gap. We talked about many things, life updates, where-have-you-been, what-did-you-see, etc. We talked about technology…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 7 years ago
Sound of one hand clapping...
...is the sound of a facepalm. That's how enlightenment works. That's when you wake up, and however tempting it might seem (it worked on you, has it not?) you can't just facepalm…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 7 years ago
How to get rid of gods
I'm re-reading The Black Company by Glen Cook. Quite awesome dark fantasy. Recommended. One quote just made me smile: But how do you get rid of a god? Is there any religion…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 7 years ago
Post-scarcity
There are two sides to this coin. Usually coins have two sides, and in cases like pos-scarcity one side is quite visible, the other not so much. The visible side is "enough of…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 7 years ago
Function of money
It is probably obvious to most, but I had this thought recently - the primary function of money is limiting access to scarce resources. All resources are scarce by definition, to…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
Family vs society
A quick though: why is family considered to be a basic building block of society? Family is fundamental to individual's life and wellbeing (unless you are a real lone wolf…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
Unification
I was going to start with a slogan example illustrating a point, but I realized I need to make a disclaimer, because it came out quite offensive :) The example was similarity…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
List of worries
Continuing briefly the previous post, there is another thing to add - have you noticed that people more often worry and are willing to talk about things that they can neither…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
Consistency
It seems important. Consistency. Especially when it comes to one's worldview. Here's one short thing I laughed about recently - insignificant and I'm not that proud of picking it…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
What the...
I'm sorry for the recent repost - multiple times - of that recent blog entry... I kept getting "Network error", and understanding that as "can't publish" I tried different…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
Redistribution
Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
Distribution and redistribution
Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
Distribution and redistribution
Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
Distribution and redistribution
Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
Distribution and redistribution
Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
Distribution and redistribution
Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
Distribution vs redistribution
Inspiration: And then... There are two models of how we perceive the society should be structured. We are either equals, or we are not :) Please forgive oversimplification…
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macius (54)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
Only when...
Only when I became a parent I realized how much crap is being passed from generation to generation. Things that are taken as "normal" facts of life when seen from one perspective…
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macius (54)in #freedom • 8 years ago
AI, purpose, religion...
AI is not going to replace us. Call it a hunch, or whatever. It is far more likely that we will provide, on top of amazing computational ability we're about to have (Moore's Law…
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