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I mentioned this previously, but I frequently think back to Gibson's "Jackpot" -- a cross-lashed, polycausal catastrophe: Lots of bad little things accumulating, building up a certain momentum.

I think that even as far back as 2009, an astute observer would have noticed that society is beginning to burn through its seed corn.

In some places, things are now getting extremely acute: https://www.neilobrien.co.uk/p/the-confluence?r=h8x

There's no way out but through, which means that politics are going to get extremely weird. Moldbug/Yarvin is one manifestation of this, and quite a benign and even harmless one. He's foppish and playful more than he is scary.

parent A_D_E_P_T 1 year ago

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