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While most foragers had great respect for nature, our farmer-era ancestors had less resepct.
We start our lives focused on the concrete immediate narrow world around us in space, time, social distance, and abstraction.
Compared to divided government, a more central government has stronger incentives to help the polity as a whole.
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Project Mercury was America’s entry into the Space Race and was intended to put a human into space before the Soviet Union did. The Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite in October 1957 caused a near-panic in the United States and led to desperate calls to “catch up”. President Eisenhower responded by establishing the National … Continue reading Project Mercury →
I remember the first time I sat down and watched Andrei Tarkovsky’s lyrical, meandering sci-fi epic Stalker. It was a long time ago, before the advent of smartphones and tablets. I watched a beat-up VHS copy on a non-“smart” TV, and had no ability to pause every few minutes and swing by Facebook, Twitter, or […]
Pompey’s Greatest Show on Earth JamesHoare Tue, 03/04/2025 - 09:08
While most foragers had great respect for nature, our farmer-era ancestors had less resepct.
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