Here's a completely different frame to consider on all of this, though: frontiersmen vs. townsfolk.
-
-
Their reward for success is to be erased by the people whose lives they made possible. Brutally unjust, but no malice in it, just numbers.
-
@St_Rev But the townsfolk will rue the day the frontiersmen learn to sow the frontier with the seeds of self-replicating frontier. -
@othercriteria I think there are treaties in negotiation to deal with that threat to townsfolk.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@St_Rev Unpolished, unique personalities are the most interesting to work for. -
@JeremyBiltz And creativity/innovation/ultrahigh IQ correlate with social dysfunction. Imposing elaborate codes cripples right-hand tail. -
@JeremyBiltz Norms buying comfort and belonging by banishing those who make civilization possible. Heinlein's maxim about 'bad luck'. -
@JeremyBiltz In some sense this is the usual kleptocratic shuffle--social elites appropriating everything nice they can see. -
@JeremyBiltz In another sense it's townsfolk shooing away the dirty shabby frontiersmen. Elites and normals allied against explorers. -
@St_Rev I've said before, if western civilization is saved, it'll be rednecks that save it.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@St_Rev Reminds me of the kerfuffle when John Bolton yelled at an employee. I've been chewed out by people I revere to this day.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.