I hope you have on Based Camp with Simone and Malcolm Collins. They specialize in explaining low birthrate issues especially after living South Korea for years.
It's the puzzle life has been trying to answer since its inception. Can entropy be overcome? So far the answer has been a resounding "no". Let's keep trying.
Agree with the need to limit the franchise. But that's just as much a hill to climb as taking away the gibs; even more so due to the sense of democratic entitlement fostered by liberal hegemony.
He just seems to focus too much on government spending. If Trump is right, setting up tariffs should revive domestic manufacturing requiring less welfare.
The "your just voting your temperament" has the smell of intellectual nihilism to me. Or is it that some libertarians or some socialists are not thinking about things objectively and others are when adopting their ideology? The post hoc rationalization claim proves too much. You have to explain libertarians who claim (and back up their claims with facts) that such a system is better for everyone. The same with statists.
Well he’s right that societies are complex adaptive systems that respond to selective pressures, but his blasé, nothing-ever-happens, intellectually aloof attitude and dismissal of concerning trends belies the fact that complex adaptive systems wane and even die out if they can’t respond to selective pressures. Bifurcations can cause dynamic steady-states to dissipate into nothing. A sub-replacement birthrate is actually something to worry about. It’s most likely a sign your culture can’t hack it in the current environment and will beget hard times as fewer people means fewer people to maintain critical knowledge for the operation of complex, luxury infrastructure. The decadent late stage of a civilization. Extinction? Maybe not. Regression. To some extent it will be assured. Of course you could throw your weight behind transhumanist/AI tech based solutions to try and reach escape velocity from civ collapse, however mild or severe it might be. But I remember a time when Alex recoiled in horror and disgust (and rightly so) at the prospect of this kind of STEM hubris. Not sure how she feels anymore given her recent shift.
The trolls are embarrassing themselves in the comments.
I come here to learn & this episode grew me. Really helpful.
Alex, you are a treasure.
Phenomenal episode keep up the great work🥳
I hope you have on Based Camp with Simone and Malcolm Collins. They specialize in explaining low birthrate issues especially after living South Korea for years.
I did have them on a while ago! th-cam.com/video/b5PbSHDRx8w/w-d-xo.htmlsi=f14dnROBNW1-gx6Y
It's the puzzle life has been trying to answer since its inception. Can entropy be overcome? So far the answer has been a resounding "no". Let's keep trying.
Not Cthulhu again, we’ll never hear the last of this squid monster
He's coming for you 🐙
Agree with the need to limit the franchise. But that's just as much a hill to climb as taking away the gibs; even more so due to the sense of democratic entitlement fostered by liberal hegemony.
He just seems to focus too much on government spending. If Trump is right, setting up tariffs should revive domestic manufacturing requiring less welfare.
excelent conversation.
The "your just voting your temperament" has the smell of intellectual nihilism to me. Or is it that some libertarians or some socialists are not thinking about things objectively and others are when adopting their ideology? The post hoc rationalization claim proves too much. You have to explain libertarians who claim (and back up their claims with facts) that such a system is better for everyone. The same with statists.
Well he’s right that societies are complex adaptive systems that respond to selective pressures, but his blasé, nothing-ever-happens, intellectually aloof attitude and dismissal of concerning trends belies the fact that complex adaptive systems wane and even die out if they can’t respond to selective pressures. Bifurcations can cause dynamic steady-states to dissipate into nothing.
A sub-replacement birthrate is actually something to worry about. It’s most likely a sign your culture can’t hack it in the current environment and will beget hard times as fewer people means fewer people to maintain critical knowledge for the operation of complex, luxury infrastructure. The decadent late stage of a civilization.
Extinction? Maybe not. Regression. To some extent it will be assured.
Of course you could throw your weight behind transhumanist/AI tech based solutions to try and reach escape velocity from civ collapse, however mild or severe it might be. But I remember a time when Alex recoiled in horror and disgust (and rightly so) at the prospect of this kind of STEM hubris. Not sure how she feels anymore given her recent shift.
I THINK IT IS TIME TO END THE PODCAST FRANKLY.
No. Keep going
Why? This was an intelligent conversation