karl stone

So you're saying that the manufacture of consent might have the implication that consent is stolen? Because, to a greater or lesser degree - all conse...

That is to speak of the nature of consent, certainly, but absent of the political context. Let us say for example that a government put a question to ...

No replies? Surely, the purpose of political philosophy is to identify interesting concepts, and define them in logical, legal and philosophical terms...

A little daunted perhaps - but despairing? No! I believe these challenges are amenable to redress or mitigation. We'd maximize our ability for redress...

Jake, I read the whole thing, and a number of comments on the thread. Also, I didn't miss this: Saw the footage on TV, and wondered if you're okay.

It's one of a few technical ideas ...floating around! Another idea is strong plastic spheres, the entire surface of which is one big solar panel, with...

Consider the motives for creating nuclear weapons. They are not motives drawn from a scientific understanding of reality, but occur as a consequence o...

I really do understand your argument. You believe any technology we invent to solve one problem, necessarily causes other problems, and perhaps, bigge...

I wouldn't disagree with the report per se - but merely point out that it's written ceteris paribus, all else being equal, as if food were the only va...

That is my only reason. I'm not hiding my light under a bushel or anything. I think freedom is an important economic and political principle, that an ...

Thank you, and thanks again.

Helloo-oo....moderator. Is there anybody there? My post disappeared. Please assist.

Truth in the meaningful sense is not the same as truth in the logical sense. Something can be logically valid but meaningfully false. Establishing tru...

Where's my response to Jake's post gone? Caught by spam filter - restored by mods. Thanks mods!

Where's my response to Jake's post gone? Caught by spam filter - restored by mods. Thanks mods!

"Jake!" Hiya Jake! That's not exactly what my post is about. I just needed to prove that sustainability was technologically possible - and it is. Rath...

You're my hero! I love that you straight up admitted it. Kudos! No, you're right. The system I describe has all the thermodynamic efficiency of a stea...

A crowd sourced future. I have no principled objections - have at it, make some noise. But ultimately, it would be to put pressure on government and i...

I've read articles about the report, but I haven't read the thing itself. "Act now, idiots!" - was the title of one such article. But the last thing w...

I'd suggest regional government, like the EU - is preferable to world government. Regional government would not be so remote that it lacked perceived ...

Thank you very much; that's so kind of you to say so - but I'm not derailing my thread discussing the rest of your ideas. That said, I'd enjoy seeing ...

Well, that is an angle I hadn't considered - not least because, I eat defenslicious animals all the time, and am deeply concerned with the question of...

Chattermonkey, - I read your posts, and Jake, I read your other thread, but I have to away until later today, when I will respond.

Hey, what you do on your own time... Thanks man, I'll have a look, but right now I need to press on with these replies. I'm intrigued, but having not ...

You might be right, but coastal land is valuable real estate - particularly if it's sunny. Out in the ocean a million square miles of nothing right on...

Much, much worse! I'd really rather it were a matter of choice - and then I could blame you! That's why it took me twenty years thinking about it, to ...

"Common sense has been proven wrong many-a-times." Unlike philosophy? "Your point?" I'm talking about sustainability in the immediate future, and poin...

Do you think philosophy has an unhelpful tendency toward superlativism - that passes through common sense, but then just keeps on going?

Have we met? lol

This universe tends toward heat death - a million billion years from now - that's true, but we ain't staying.

Good question. The answer is a little ill-defined at present, because of the multiplicity of possible variables. But there wouldn't be an immediate tr...

There are always forces acting on the ball bearing such that - the initial condition is false. Forces like gravity, electromagnetism, heat, noise etc,...