(source for one, two, three, four and five) The news of the latest Tanzanian deepwater oil discovery broke on an otherwise sleepy Saturday in March. Thirty years before, a find of the same size might have gotten two column inches somewhere in the back pages of a few newspapers of record, but this was not…
Author: Khannea Sun'Tzu
Second Life. Resolution and Graphics rendering in 2018.
Bill Moyers: The Plutocracy Will Go to Extremes to Keep the 1% in Control
From BillMoyers.com: The One Percent is not only increasing their share of wealth — they’re using it to spread millions among political candidates who serve their interests. Example: Goldman Sachs, which gave more money than any other major American corporation to Barack Obama in 2008, is switching alliances this year; their employees have given $900,000…
The Gibsonian Long Tail
A game of terminal chess.
Wall street is playing Chess with the rest of humanity. Literally. They think they are winning the game, but they don’t realize that every time a piece is killed from the board humanity adds two new pawns anywhere they like at the last row. It’s like attacking a Hydra with a knife. Wall street is…
Transhumanity.com
Congratulations Hank, with Transhumanity.com.
So what is “Terasem” exactly?
If there is one “transhumanist”-inclined movement out there I really admire and appreciate it is Terasem. I had the pleasure of interacting with its founder shortly before and after my attendance at Transvision 2010. For those who don’t know, the founder of Terasem is the very successful Martine Rothblatt, who was at one time the…
This won’t be forgotten quickly.
At the end of the fall of the iron curtain, about the early 1990s, “market liberals” basically abandoned the russian people and surrendered them in the hands of organized crime. The liberalization of free markets in Russia left humans in a pervasive state of poverty, crime, squallor, dirt and despair. Liberalization changed a “pretty dismal”…
Oil belongs in Hell
Oil is a godsend. Seriously, oil is amazing. It is the biggest cake not just in history – it is the biggest gift since the Goddess invented plate tectonics. And guess what, humans since the Hindenburg have measured everything by the context of this affluence. All things in our current world are taken for granted…
Libertarianism would be a great idea – but only once we have abundance.
The freedom to do “damn well as you please” is a fairly rational one and I support it. I myself, Khannea Suntzu, are no stranger to the desire to bloody well do as I please, and be left to my own devices. The problem however with the fundamentalist “Libertarian” ethic is that society operates in…
Democracy : Go ahead and try the alternatives.
The most toxic quote of our age. “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” (Churchill) Why? Well it is most like fighting a severe disease like cancer. One very common treatment for cancer is chemotherapy/radiotherapy combination. This treatment sucks balls. Nobody…
Future of Work: Finding Value in the Rejects of the Job Economy
By: Nick Meador Published: October 10, 2012 Source For a few decades now, signs have gradually accumulated in American culture that something is very wrong with our basic notions of work, careers, and “making a living.” The end of the 1990s stands out in particular, when many pointed criticisms of the current work paradigm appeared…
Naked, Tied-Up Paul Ryan Tells Staff He Can’t Prepare For Debate Unless They Slap Him Harder
DANVILLE, KY—Lying fully nude with his wrists and ankles tied to the corners of his hotel room bed, an intense, sweat-drenched Paul Ryan reportedly told his staffers today that the only way he could prepare for Thursday night’s vice presidential debate was if they slapped his naked, bound body harder and harder. Sources confirmed the…
Reinventing Ourselves
First – the perfect genetic human specimen. I want the majority of women in the world to have the freedom to look like this. Youth and skin pigmentation included and that would entail a massive upgrade. Forever. At least for as long as they want to. Penis optional. Now we have established that, on towards…
The Top Ten Things That Will Change. Or Else.
In order of concern. Human-Man global warming is going to be far worse than the worst expectations. It has to be dealt with and the cost will be gruesomely expensive. Six degrees average temperature rise means we lose 99% of all life on the planet, and that includes humans. Oil and other petrochemical sourced of…
95% on 6 degrees
A REALLY Inconvenient Truth: Dan Miller from The Berkeley Cybersalon on FORA.tv
Who is this imposter?
Cornelius?
Joe Rogan
Chris
Assymmetrical Overpopulation
As per suggestion of my Sister, Amanda.
Maybe a bit drama but hey. Probably won’t be last time. 🙂
The Misanthropy Singularity
The world is evolving towards insane and surreal. Right now we are likely to face a considerable decay in the world’s living standards. With “we” I am saying, “all of humanity”. By doing some minor arrhythmic the conclusion should be that if we lose collective affluence in some kind of collapse, the vast majorities of…
Arse Metaphysika – Reweaving The Human State In To A Game Ecology
The following is the article outline for my presentation at Arse Elektronika, late september in San Francisco. YES This sob is long, with 23K words, almost like an ebook. I am on the spaker list thanks to the generous sponsorship and support from VenusPlusX for which I am excrutiatingly grateful. More information about my attendance…
JESSE VENTURA 2016
Technological Unemployment
Keywords: Nyc Labrets, The writing is on the wall