Comments by "Dan" (@Dan-ud8hz) on "Tom Nicholas" channel.

"In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face." Diogenes
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"Technological fixes are not always undesirable or inadequate, but there is a danger that what is addressed is not the real problem but the problem in as far as it is amendable to technical solutions." (Engineering and the Problem of Moral Overload) "If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution. So far, the trend seems to be toward the second option, with technology driving ever-increasing inequality." Stephen Hawking, 2015 Reddit AMA
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"What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument." ― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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"The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said 'This is mine', and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows: Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody." — J.J. Rousseau, 1754
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Lost Rule for Life: Rule Zero: Eat your vegetables. Peterson's doublespeak is targeted to half-thinkers.
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@huldanoren951 “Anarchism is democracy taken seriously.” ― Edward Abbey
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@cv4809 In the Western world, yes. And Nietzsche built on his work. However, he's echoing sentiments from earlier times and other places: "A thousand measures of gold is substantial profit, and prime ministership is an exalted position indeed. But haven't you ever heard about the ox offered in the official sacrifice? He is generously fed for years and dressed in the finest embroidered fabrics, so that he may one day be led into the Great Temple for slaughter. When that day comes, though he may wish that he were just a little orphaned piglet instead, it is too late! So scram, you! Do not defile me! I'd rather enjoy myself wallowing in the filth than let myself be controlled by some head of state." — Zhuangzi Jesus said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all came forth, and to me all attained. Split a piece of wood; I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there." — The Gospel of Thomas (Nag Hammadi Scrolls), Verse 77
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Jordan Peterson has a caveman's understanding of "emergence"
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@paulgotik wrong.
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@paulgotik Not debating you. Alerting you.
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@huldanoren951 No archons! Mutual Aid! Anarchist Library is a great resource. Kropotkin, Bakunin, and friends keeping it real!
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@paulgotik Can you validate your refutation of Diogenes's instructions beyond your own incorrect information about his life?
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@tyler t lol! funny jokes, bucko, keep em coming. Melon Husk was one of those spoiled kids perpetuating his inherited wealth, chum.
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@aldoushuxley5953 lol that's a stretch
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“The future cannot be predicted because the future does not exist.” https://medium.com/function-core/https-medium-com-oriol-gg-why-you-need-to-learn-the-basic-principles-of-future-studies-806d7fead80e
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@tyler t lol that's a riot
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@aldoushuxley5953 “Thus, it is a political axiom that power follows property. But it is now a historical fact that the means of production are fast becoming the monopolistic property of Big Business and Big Government. Therefore, if you believe in democracy, make arrangements to distribute property as widely as possible.” ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited
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@aldoushuxley5953 To own an object doesn't make one rich. Diogenes owned a barrel that could have been a luxury to prehistoric man. And how different is a cell-phone from the lamp Diogenes carried while looking for an honest man? Or how about rolling that barrel around furiously as everybody else panicked while the city was being attacked? Sounds like scrolling through a feed to me...
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@aldoushuxley5953 Whose barrel did he sleep in if it wasn't his own?
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@aldoushuxley5953 Perhaps you don't realize you wouldn't be typing out your words without said technological luxuries? And that language, both spoken and written, is itself also one of those luxuries common to you, Diogenes, and Huxley?
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