MESSAGE
| DATE | 2005-02-16 |
| FROM | Billy
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] wblogs are BS
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Steve Milo wrote:
> It seems in this day and age that the majority of web-blogs are written by
> people with far too much free time on their hands. It also seems that those
> who read it use it to substitute for common sense. This information age
> bullshit has gone too far, isnt there a science for how to discerne
> information that is actually useful from tripe (aka determining the
> wheat/chaff ratio?). If there isnt there should be, the world will need it
> as we, supposedly, advance and evolve.
I'll add:
1) common sense is overrated.
2) Humanity has too much free time on its hands. This is only
going to get worse, so get used to it. We've caged most of
our would-be predators (animal, microbial, and human), and
we have more than enough food, tech, and drugs. I don't
assume that we'll advance and evolve under such sustained
conditions.
3) The majority of print publications are written by
the same class of bs artist, just a more polished turd.
PS
I just finished a great far-future SF (God Emperor of Dune)
about human evolution in which the hero/villain concludes
that humans are soft and need to be preyed upon again.
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