The Westman’s Legacy in the Plastic Yuga, Pessimistic Futurism, Logocratic Ethnokinesis, Opening the Gate to the Ancestor Cult, Equality is Low Quality, & Curing Acedia With Organic Ruminations
So much great stuff, and I'm once again amazed at your ability to read, synthesize, and systematize it all into these excellent digests! (Thanks also for the shout-out; it's gratifying to know my substack is being read on Mars!)
Thank you, John. It's an honour. As for your comment, I agree. Though I think if a revolutionary logocracy of some sort (Lobaczewski leaves some options open, even if he presents what he thinks would be the best structure), I think it will be a post-collapse project. I.e., it won't be the logocrats who tear down the system, but the ones who rebuild it.
Always impressed by you reading capacity and of course your wrtiting flow is very impressive for people like me who think and write slowly.... Regarding this "write wing weekly session", it came to my mind that it could be meaningful to distinguish between political essays of all types and fictions. I think that we are now at a point in the cultural battle where we need to push our cultural production in every sense... all novels or short novels coming from our side will soon be way more precious than another political essay corroborating the sense of decadence that we all share .... we need books, cartoons and films made by us ....Day of the Rope by Blackpilled is one such example (his current project for turning into a movie is intriguing), or Conversano, who published Faye's last works and tries here and there some "ethno-conscious" anticipation novel...as a great reader and writer yourself (your own fiction writing was very inspiring) you could identify our talents in this domain and maybe some collective publishing (paper or ebook) could take place ?
John you consistently collect and curate so many interesting articles! I don’t know how you find the time really, it’s so impressive. I’ve saved so many of these.
I'm going to pick on the item that I think is the weakest here:
"the key limiting factor for population growth worldwide in the not-so-distant future: the extreme decline in the world’s natural resources." Nope. We've been hearing this for centuries and it is always wrong. I recommend reading Superabundance. There are many great books on the topic but this is recent and extremely detailed.
The projections by Scientific American are likely too high. They are even higher than the UN's. And the UN's are higher than more sophisticated projects such as those from The Wittgenstein Centre (global population peaks in the 2070s at 9.8 billion then falls to 9.5 billion by 2100), and the IMHE (peak at 9.73 billion in 2064, and declining to 8.76 billion by 2100).
We should stop giving foreign aid to Africa. Only then will they have to shape up economically and do something about their immensely corrupt governments.
"Whites in western countries all have well sub-replacement TFR (replacement is at 2.1)." Yes, but doesn't this contradiction what you say about unchecked population growth?
"The UN claimed in 2019 that humanity is gobbling up natural resources at an unsustainable pace." You just accept the UN's claims while quoting this as authoritative right after criticizing Gates for using unsound model projections.
I go into some detail on the population issue (from a life extension perspective) here:
On resource availability, I also recommend reading Superabundance. There are now many good books on the topic but this is very recent and very detailed.
Okay. I took it that you were in agreement when quoting NF. I should have recalled your depopulation pieces (which I've only started on) but forgot at the moment because (a) my brain is 60 years old and falling apart, (b) I read way too many Substack blogs.
And your roundups are so remarkably comprehensive!
Interesting that you are familiar with Extropy. It's making quite a comeback. There's a lot of interest in the 1990s work on digital currencies and the curious crypto-cryo crossover. Plus, they used to say we were crazy talking about AI, human-computer interfaces, space, etc. Now "they" are saying: "Stop!"
9/11 changed everything. In the 90s it felt like we were perched on the edge of something incredible. Then the culture was plunged into a deep freeze after 9/11, and while some of the old dreams survived they did so in a twisted form.
I like the picture with the butts.
So do I.
So much great stuff, and I'm once again amazed at your ability to read, synthesize, and systematize it all into these excellent digests! (Thanks also for the shout-out; it's gratifying to know my substack is being read on Mars!)
You work too hard for us, John.
Thank you, John. It's an honour. As for your comment, I agree. Though I think if a revolutionary logocracy of some sort (Lobaczewski leaves some options open, even if he presents what he thinks would be the best structure), I think it will be a post-collapse project. I.e., it won't be the logocrats who tear down the system, but the ones who rebuild it.
That's my thought, as well. It's a system to crystallize around.
Thanks for the shoutout John—another great roundup of the best shitposting this side of the Moons of Mars!
Thanks so much for the mention!
Excellent roundup as always. As a plus I have now added "Peripatetic" to my vocabulary
How Aristotelian of you!
I'm going to be spending the next four hours reading through some great stuff, aren't I?
*sigh* Wish me luck!
I have faith in you.
Thank you as always John. Constantly amazed by your ability to do this every week.
All these beautiful images... makes me long for the days of the old pen&paper RPG gang of friends.
It makes me feel like Roy Batty at the end of Bladerunner, it does.
I've seen cover art you people wouldn't believe....
Always impressed by you reading capacity and of course your wrtiting flow is very impressive for people like me who think and write slowly.... Regarding this "write wing weekly session", it came to my mind that it could be meaningful to distinguish between political essays of all types and fictions. I think that we are now at a point in the cultural battle where we need to push our cultural production in every sense... all novels or short novels coming from our side will soon be way more precious than another political essay corroborating the sense of decadence that we all share .... we need books, cartoons and films made by us ....Day of the Rope by Blackpilled is one such example (his current project for turning into a movie is intriguing), or Conversano, who published Faye's last works and tries here and there some "ethno-conscious" anticipation novel...as a great reader and writer yourself (your own fiction writing was very inspiring) you could identify our talents in this domain and maybe some collective publishing (paper or ebook) could take place ?
Indeed. This is why I tend to break the material out by descriptive essays, prescriptive essays, and fiction.
Day of the Rope was a good read btw.
this classification is once again very clever, but it could be more obvious, where do the "prescriptive essays" and "Fiction" parts start ?
It's pretty obvious if you read it.
it must be too subtle for my level of intelligence...without the slightest irony
John you consistently collect and curate so many interesting articles! I don’t know how you find the time really, it’s so impressive. I’ve saved so many of these.
Tbh I'm probably putting too much time into it 😅
I'm going to pick on the item that I think is the weakest here:
"the key limiting factor for population growth worldwide in the not-so-distant future: the extreme decline in the world’s natural resources." Nope. We've been hearing this for centuries and it is always wrong. I recommend reading Superabundance. There are many great books on the topic but this is recent and extremely detailed.
The projections by Scientific American are likely too high. They are even higher than the UN's. And the UN's are higher than more sophisticated projects such as those from The Wittgenstein Centre (global population peaks in the 2070s at 9.8 billion then falls to 9.5 billion by 2100), and the IMHE (peak at 9.73 billion in 2064, and declining to 8.76 billion by 2100).
We should stop giving foreign aid to Africa. Only then will they have to shape up economically and do something about their immensely corrupt governments.
"Whites in western countries all have well sub-replacement TFR (replacement is at 2.1)." Yes, but doesn't this contradiction what you say about unchecked population growth?
"The UN claimed in 2019 that humanity is gobbling up natural resources at an unsustainable pace." You just accept the UN's claims while quoting this as authoritative right after criticizing Gates for using unsound model projections.
I go into some detail on the population issue (from a life extension perspective) here:
https://maxmore.substack.com/p/overcoming-population-arguments-to
On resource availability, I also recommend reading Superabundance. There are now many good books on the topic but this is very recent and very detailed.
To be clear: I'm not saying any of that; that's at Neoliberal Feudalism's blog.
In fact, I've been writing about depopulation as a problem, and trying to think of ways to solve it, eg
https://barsoom.substack.com/p/depopulocalypse-iii-from-sink-to
Okay. I took it that you were in agreement when quoting NF. I should have recalled your depopulation pieces (which I've only started on) but forgot at the moment because (a) my brain is 60 years old and falling apart, (b) I read way too many Substack blogs.
No worries. That's the risk of doing roundup pieces.
I think I used to read your old Extropy site years ago - back around 2000. Very cool to have you commenting!
And your roundups are so remarkably comprehensive!
Interesting that you are familiar with Extropy. It's making quite a comeback. There's a lot of interest in the 1990s work on digital currencies and the curious crypto-cryo crossover. Plus, they used to say we were crazy talking about AI, human-computer interfaces, space, etc. Now "they" are saying: "Stop!"
9/11 changed everything. In the 90s it felt like we were perched on the edge of something incredible. Then the culture was plunged into a deep freeze after 9/11, and while some of the old dreams survived they did so in a twisted form.