Toward a New Democratic Paradigm: Aging, Power, and the Future of Civilization I identify as a radical democrat—not in the ideological caricature, but in the sense that I believe in expanding rights, participation, and meaningful agency for all people. Democracy, to me, is not merely a voting ritual but a societal framework where no one…
Category: Transhumanism
Fermi’s Paradox and the Psychology of Galactic Empires | Matthew O´Dowd
The Break-Even Point of Automating Tax Evasion and White Collar Crime Capture
Right now the vast majority of types of tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax fraud are not caught in the developed world. As a result countries lose an enormous amount of revenues and end up with massive budget holes. The tax agencies simply do not have the manpower to go after various forms of white…
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Finally Upwing Politics? What is it?
First I need to establish what ‘the left’ and ‘the right’ are. I may have to say something about Libertarianism, which leans more to the right in the US, and I need to formulate what would entail the hypothetical (straw man) position of “downwing”. I also need to add that “liberals” in my country are…
My message to the Incels
I have been looking at the new memetic complex of ideas, passions and affinities of people who are involved in MRA, Alt Right and MGTOW – and in particular Incels, i.e. “Involuntary Celibate” guys. So what is Incel? Here is a good Vox Populi article. As it turns out these people have been put in…
Ceres
Ceres by Mieke Roth on Sketchfab Wikipedia Ceres was first permanently settled in 2151 by standard-issue 16228 ton parochial automated pioneer, establishing the Californian Parish Liberty, with a “reduced” crew of five, after a voyage of under 14 months or 35923520 seconds from exit to entry burns. The crew entered a 250km equatorial orbit on…