31/ The new world that I see being born is spread across the Earth, and is in orbit, is on the moon and Mars, and elsewhere. ...and the nations and tribes of that new world are not crisply geographically distinct. We live in a privileged time. We're witnessing great things
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32/ About once every 500 years the world changes fundamentally. ~ 0 AD: the birth of a new kind of administrative state [ Rome ] and a new religion that was supportive of individuals [ Christianity ]
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33/ ~ 500 AD: birth of post-Roman world, integration of administration & German tribal democracy ~ 1,000 AD: formalization of the above, developments in art, philosophy, some tech ~ 1,500 AD the Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution precursor
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34/ End of the ~500 year run of the Westphalian system, beginning of something new. Neal Stephenson had more than a small glimpse of this, with his neo-Victorians.
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35/ Nothing build on a lie can long survive, and can never thrive. The Cathedral system is built on SOOOO many lies: * credential education, even in made up nit wit topics, is good * family is meaningless, children are bad * "merit" and "intelligence" are fake concepts
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36/ I could go down the list, but you know all the lies that we're all being asked to believe. You know all of the pinches of incense that we're being asked to burn for Caesar.
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37/ So what is this New Invisible Country? More or less the inverse of all of that * Competence is real. * Results matter. * Credentials don't. * Social lies are laughable. * Moral bravery matters; following the latest trends is actively bad * Family, marriage, children matter
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38/ * Free speech is good. * Rights are real. * Producing value isn't the ONLY thing in life, but it's an important thing. * Piety and decency matter. * Western civilization has more good than bad. * People who are willing to accept our culture are welcome to join our project
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39/ I could go on and on, but lunch is on the table. TLDR: don't despair because the old corrupt system is failing; rejoice because we few, we happy few, we band of brothers, are building a new nation, right under their eyes. And we're succeeding.
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On the one hand I love the optimism on the other hand, the USSR kept on trucking for quite a while after 55
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everything happens quicker these days - we've speed run the 1970s in like 18 months
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