Everybody knows the scene is deadBut there's gonna be a meter on your bedThat will discloseWhat everybody knows We can see it coming, feel it working, approve our genius in harnessing it to do work, especially now as the cold northern winter or the (increasingly) warm southern summer approaches. In our general theory of evolution,… Continue reading Does everybody know?
Category: Writing
An unparalleled correspondence
For free; free books, who doesn't love a free book, free books abound in the digital ether, written by authors no longer living and transcribed often by those who might rather also be dead, or just dying inside as well as out, or just so so good at typing with a strong benificent streak. Large… Continue reading An unparalleled correspondence
Value III
I am not so sure Sonny, most business models disregard the energetic input available to reproduce cyberspace and consumption. Advertising simply uses natural resources to promote the further use of natural resources. If natural resources are limited, and I can assure you they are, then the business model actually has no social or environmental value.… Continue reading Value III
Tulips
While it may be rational motive to seek to secure personal profit, it is actually totally irrational to pay a high price for something when the value of the the thing is based on irrationalities. A tulip has no physical value other than as an ornament, can’t eat it, can’t smoke it, can’t use it… Continue reading Tulips
Theconversation II
Evening, you are of course correct that the market, in itself, is simply an efficient medium by which to exchange, the work done by increasing entropy. Money, the medium of exchange, is now digital, existing as a construct. So what will you tell your child when they ask where monies come from? Is it like… Continue reading Theconversation II
Theconversation
Evening, you are of course correct that the market in itself is simply an efficient medium by which to exchange the work done by increasing entropy. It would seem that the market democracy has already usurped actual democratic governance by enabling an unfair bias towards those that control the medium of exchange. Those, the majority,… Continue reading Theconversation
On the News
Today we were told the news As it happened And when more happened They told us the news again At the current rate of news the energy runs out quite soon A quick flash in the Pan of concern replaced by a few murders Car accidents consumed the next day And traffic troubles when Quite… Continue reading On the News
Replacement
By 2030 the EU aims to generate 27% of its energy from renewable sources. However, the renewable-energy sector in Europe is heavily reliant on hydrocarbons for the supply of raw materials critical for the development of technology such as solar cells and wind turbines. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/chinese_supply_critical_raw_materials_pose_long_term_risks_european_wind_solar_industries_494na1_en.pdf
Myth 1
Renewables are renewable using renewable energy Only by doing several (presumably fatal) experiments is it possible to know what will break the back of a camel. Is it doubtful, based on the laws of physics, whether a battery or any other renewable source can be made without a surplus supply of energy. Economics tells us… Continue reading Myth 1
Values
As capitalism slowly triumphs over all of the ethical and moral values of society it might be worth reexamining the 7 deadly sins in a new social light. Historical note: moral imperatives were thought so judicious to social cohesion that the public display of these behaviours was considered punishable by eternal damnation. Wrath- the military… Continue reading Values
Ceteris Paribus 