Whenever a new technology arrives that comes blessed with the phrase “increased efficiency”, investors wet their pants. A technology that does that can come in many forms, but no matter what form it takes, it almost invariably means that people…
Category: Politics
Observations about politics and politicians.
Capitalism and Community are Incompatible
I have a friend who’s a rabid capitalist, but also sees value in community. For a long time I’ve had an uneasy suspicion that those two things are actually incompatible, but couldn’t articulate why. So, when I recently stumbled across…
Fucked Country
Bend over, America, and bite down hard, because this isn’t going to be easy, quick, or painless. You’ve chosen to install into your halls of power an unholy triumvirate of morally bankrupt, convicted criminal oligarchs, white nationalists, and Christian religious…
Capitalism: Case in Point
I’ve been railing about the deleterious effects of capitalism in one form or another for some years now, slowly refining my views on it. If you want examples, see here, here, here, here, here, and here. My view currently is…
Profit Über Alles
In my last article I pressed on the idea that while we rely on capitalism to value things, there are a lot of things it’s not good at valuing. I want to explore that a little more. The oft repeated…
Art Is Life
I know it sounds outrageous to say it, but I have come around to the belief that without art we are lost. What do we live for otherwise? Our children? Love? Maybe, but to what end, if not to together…
Why Community Matters
The other day I was bemoaning the erosion of community in our everyday lives and placing the blame squarely on automation. Automation and the never-ending race to achieve greater efficiency seeks to remove people from as many equations as possible.…
Brits say “give’er” to fracking
According to this CBC news article, Britain is giving a broad thumbs up to industry to start fracking the shit out of that country. This is apparently motivated by a desire for energy independence, compensating for a dwindling supply of…
The Singularity Cometh
I was dismayed to learn six years back or so that Google had acquired YouTube. While the media focused almost entirely on the benefits or dangers this would confer to both companies, as well as the dollars involved, there didn’t…