Confronting Death, My inbox just asked me, "What scares you more, COVID-19 or nuclear war?" My mind quickly responded that it's not either-or, but it's both. We can be afraid of both the chimeric Boston COVID with the 80% kill rate that attacks the brain AND a nuclear false-flag attack to blame Russia (then goes horribly-wrong despite all the best planning).
This was a beautiful, if dark, wonderfully reasoned essay. Spoken from the heart. Thank you.
"We could be approaching that position." -- As someone who has been in technology (software) for 45+ years, I believe we have already arrived at 'that position'. CRISPR is more deadly than atomic bombs, IMHO. A thoughtless, immoral "genius" with (certainly) less than $1M in lab equipment can make something capable of destroying all of Humanity.
Even scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project wanted to show the world the potential of the atom bomb BEFORE using it in warfare, to give people a chance to assess it and choose surrender instead of annihilation. The scientists signed a petition to this effect, but the Government classified it as 'Secret' and it was not revealed until decades after the war ended.
Gain of Function research is producing weapons of unspeakable horror. This is done by scientists, gleefully, working 9 to 5. Taking a paycheck. Presumably going home at the end of the day to play with their own children. I have written software for 45+ years and never contributed to a weapon system. I had plenty of opportunities but turned them down on Principle. Why can the "geniuses" creating bioweapons do the same?
Thank you for the longer view of our survival as humanity. I think often of how we have been in a tight spot before, population wise. I worry more about how the nanotech is getting into everything, (because of our purposeful / carelessness). My analogy is the packing peanut one; we have dumped boxes and boxes of them out and they are everywhere. So my mind moves to the issue of 5G which as I understand, in combo with the nanotech, will be used to hurt or kill us. ps I love the floor, you can get a few more months outta that job fe sure...best from OR
Britain's Stark Choice Ahead, Transformation or Collapse.
In this case, it's a fallen empire, now running out of it's remaining power, outreach and it's best
friend is technology. It is self-sufficient in nothing (edible). Even if they embrace solar, wind, what-green-have-late-capitalism. They are bound to fail, as the rest of the nations running towards "transition". Given transition is a good word, trans - transit - transpire - transform. However the first world (global north) has embraced the wrong kind of transition, hedging on it's ultimate bet
on tech and science. Most of it yet to be invented. However all such transition (of Nafeez Ahmed and thousands like him) is still totally dependent on fossil fuels, destruction of land, rivers, habitat (mining) and global trade. So by all means, nations like Britain should collapse. Maybe transform later...
The opening ideas are a line of reasoning worthy to consider.
Small issue but in the old sense a neoliberal was one who supported the free market economy. This is not a free market economy. I don't know if there can be one with this level of government, Those types are not neoliberals they are fascists. Fascists use government power to protect their business interests, and in the case of injections, also promote their business interests, then government guarantees the profit in holding these ruthless profiteers harmless from liability. A fascist dream come true windfall.
Neoliberal is another word play to have any potential opposition to blame something other than them.
This was a beautiful, if dark, wonderfully reasoned essay. Spoken from the heart. Thank you.
"We could be approaching that position." -- As someone who has been in technology (software) for 45+ years, I believe we have already arrived at 'that position'. CRISPR is more deadly than atomic bombs, IMHO. A thoughtless, immoral "genius" with (certainly) less than $1M in lab equipment can make something capable of destroying all of Humanity.
Even scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project wanted to show the world the potential of the atom bomb BEFORE using it in warfare, to give people a chance to assess it and choose surrender instead of annihilation. The scientists signed a petition to this effect, but the Government classified it as 'Secret' and it was not revealed until decades after the war ended.
Gain of Function research is producing weapons of unspeakable horror. This is done by scientists, gleefully, working 9 to 5. Taking a paycheck. Presumably going home at the end of the day to play with their own children. I have written software for 45+ years and never contributed to a weapon system. I had plenty of opportunities but turned them down on Principle. Why can the "geniuses" creating bioweapons do the same?
The floor looks great!
Thank you for the longer view of our survival as humanity. I think often of how we have been in a tight spot before, population wise. I worry more about how the nanotech is getting into everything, (because of our purposeful / carelessness). My analogy is the packing peanut one; we have dumped boxes and boxes of them out and they are everywhere. So my mind moves to the issue of 5G which as I understand, in combo with the nanotech, will be used to hurt or kill us. ps I love the floor, you can get a few more months outta that job fe sure...best from OR
Britain's Stark Choice Ahead, Transformation or Collapse.
In this case, it's a fallen empire, now running out of it's remaining power, outreach and it's best
friend is technology. It is self-sufficient in nothing (edible). Even if they embrace solar, wind, what-green-have-late-capitalism. They are bound to fail, as the rest of the nations running towards "transition". Given transition is a good word, trans - transit - transpire - transform. However the first world (global north) has embraced the wrong kind of transition, hedging on it's ultimate bet
on tech and science. Most of it yet to be invented. However all such transition (of Nafeez Ahmed and thousands like him) is still totally dependent on fossil fuels, destruction of land, rivers, habitat (mining) and global trade. So by all means, nations like Britain should collapse. Maybe transform later...
The opening ideas are a line of reasoning worthy to consider.
Small issue but in the old sense a neoliberal was one who supported the free market economy. This is not a free market economy. I don't know if there can be one with this level of government, Those types are not neoliberals they are fascists. Fascists use government power to protect their business interests, and in the case of injections, also promote their business interests, then government guarantees the profit in holding these ruthless profiteers harmless from liability. A fascist dream come true windfall.
Neoliberal is another word play to have any potential opposition to blame something other than them.