tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post6061062595374119892..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: Incompetent SpectraMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-15572710015827910502011-02-19T16:24:24.121-08:002011-02-19T16:24:24.121-08:00For every difficult problem there is a simple but ...For every difficult problem there is a simple but wrong solution.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-41366147744637220242011-02-18T18:21:24.916-08:002011-02-18T18:21:24.916-08:00Following up on Hank Roberts's comment, I fina...Following up on Hank Roberts's comment, I finally found out what libertarians are talking about when they speak of "deontological ethics".<br /><br />http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/all-ethical-systems-are-both.html<br /><br />Glibertarian: "The most important aspect of democracy is the ability of a well financed minority to doom all of civilization." Hence Dickie Tol screaming "Authoritarianism" and such.<br /><br />The creator of the "Blinkered Hexagon" is in the comments of that post. I have read a lot of Scott Sumner's blog posting, and he is usually less vapid (although he pulled some big boners when posting on climate change).<br /><br />[See also http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/02/picturing_politics ]manuel moe ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878149837118503541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-35352091178981447312011-02-18T12:15:08.547-08:002011-02-18T12:15:08.547-08:00Blinkered.
The guy who came up with that writes...Blinkered. <br /><br />The guy who came up with that writes, 'answering' people in his blog: <br /><br />"I can’t imagine how someone could be a selfish libertarian."<br /><br />http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=8784#comment-58268Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-25026576651161229402011-02-18T11:40:08.125-08:002011-02-18T11:40:08.125-08:00Until reading this, I'd generally thought the ...Until reading this, I'd generally thought the two dimensional classification was pretty good - the placement of current and 20th century political figures and movements on that chart seems sensible and self-consistent. Yet your critique resonates strongly ... and I think I see why both are true. As has been commented before, the last 200 years have "suspended Malthus" so pretty much all the politics we know have been able to treat such physical limitations as lesser considerations. So existing political classification has been able to ignore stance towards those limitations.<br /><br />As it appears highly likely we are moving into a future where Malthus will once again be correct, we will need new modes of political thought that are simply not represented on existing popular political classification systems. I'm not enough of a historian to suggest whether the politics of previous Malthusian eras will be applicable to this one - but I think we should read up on them.<br /><br />All that aside, the hexagon is a joke. There's no such thing as a dogmatic conservative?Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07116646136992710754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-16856393698059105322011-02-18T10:36:13.913-08:002011-02-18T10:36:13.913-08:00There are some interesting thoughts in this link o...There are some interesting thoughts in this link on some local efforts to live sustainability:<br /><br />http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2011/02/15/how-to-save-the-world/<br /><br />Paul MiddentsPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742905742181959851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-5284591124496918732011-02-18T09:56:05.159-08:002011-02-18T09:56:05.159-08:00You will tell me not to say "Welcome back&quo...You will tell me not to say "Welcome back", but I must say "Welcome back". Who else covers the same beat you do? ;-)<br /><br />Quoting MT: "I care whether your idea of politics addresses the fundamental engineering questions raised by a large population on a small planet."<br /><br />The people who take notice that the gravy train will run out in the near future are strange birds, always a small minority. I believe (based on my misunderstanding of group selection, I am sure) that the distribution of personality types in human groups is adaptive, and that the huge majority will always "go along to get along". It is adaptive to have a sprinkling of "Nervous Nellies"/"Pandoras" who will identify and prepare for the inevitable collapse for their selective advantage, but no more than a sprinkling of these forward looking types are needed/adaptive.<br /><br />So what you ask of politics, politics cannot deliver, because the nature of politics to be compatible with the base wants/needs of the majority, whether explicitly as in a democracy, or implied as in state with the potential for revolutionary revolt.<br /><br />(Wow, this turned out much more pessimistic than I wanted before I typed this out. Possible mitigation: if the majority see that we of clear vision are living soundly and well, and not frantically compulsively stressed to consume expensively marketed artificial needs that are mere trinkets, our visibly fulfilling lifestyle may win over enough converts.)<br /><br />As always, I am sure I am mistaken in my extreme view, and would appreciate to learn of the sensible middle way.manuel moe ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878149837118503541noreply@blogger.com