Friday, December 11, 2009

analysis of the day

To start off, let's get you something to read that is not too long ... it also should set the tone of what's to come.

http://ranprieur.com/essays/civFAQ.html

now for some heavy lifting

Jared Diamond : Mankind's worst mistake
http://www.awok.org/worst-mistake/

This site (www.awok.org) does have some interesting viewpoints ... especially
'The Original Affluent Society' (http://www.awok.org/original-affluent-society/)
as well as 'Language is the problem' and 'Running on emptiness' (http://www.awok.org/running-on-emptiness/)


some candy
http://www.riverbankneighbors.org/howtodisappear/index.htm

The following are not so anti-system

DeLanda is a superstar intellectual ...
http://www.techgnosis.com/delandad.html

Joseph Tainter has written a huge dry book on Collapse of societies, but his theory of dimishing returns is very believable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Tainter

I'm not decided on whether Chomsky is a fraud or not yet ,but this piece highlights what is (probably) wrong with today's economic model
http://www.chomsky.info/books/warfare02.htm

generally interesting :
http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/Articles/Chan02.htm

General Disclaimer :
I tend to doubt anything or anybody who claims to solve 'all'

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