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Originally posted by projectvxn
reply to post by Amaterasu
No offense, but this is no time for pseudo-academic discussions on theoretical BS.
It's time to deal with reality.
Originally posted by projectvxn
reply to post by Amaterasu
My lack of understanding? You wanna peddle pseudo-academic economic theory an "abundance paradigm"(Whatever the hell that means) and you're telling me you're dealing with reality?
Do me a favor, either address the topic, stop pimping your "book", or don't post, ok?
BTW, you can't "end entropy". Everything breaks down. From natural to artificial systems. Like it or not.edit on 15-3-2011 by projectvxn because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by projectvxn
reply to post by Amaterasu
"Solutions"? By what? Unrealistically replacing them with something that would take decades to implement, maybe even a century? That is IF your ideas have any practical merit at all outside of academic theory.
Originally posted by projectvxn
reply to post by Amaterasu
Unfortunately the only thing we can do is reset. That REQUIRES failure, or "entropy" as you would put it. You cannot theorize your way out of nature. You cannot "end entropy". All you can do is impose whatever checks and balances you can to deal with breakdowns so when you build back up you won't be starting from scratch, but from a substrate of tried and true ideas.
Your theory is no different, IMO, than the people who think we need a violent revolution to "make things right" again. It is unnecessary, impractical, and may very well lead to the starvation and death of millions or billions in the misguided attempt of experimenting with the fool hearty notion that humans can beat nature. Good luck with that.edit on 15-3-2011 by projectvxn because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by projectvxn
reply to post by Amaterasu
It's great to have an open mind, and yes I HAVE read your work, but I believe in opening up the mind only so much as to not allow my brain to fall out. Sorry to tell you, I don't agree with it. I think it's theoretical bupkis suited only to hardcore conspiracy theorists that reject any form of methodical scientific thought. It is ignorant of economics and filled with "feel-good" Star Trek economic theory that has no practical application in the world we live in today.
Edit:
I did not intend to imply that your method would require violence, only to illustrate the impracticality and unrealistic methodology in which both paths are couched. It is easy to say in THEORY that your means of economic prosperity would not cause starvation or create imbalances due to ignorance of natural cycles and systems it is another thing to put it into practice and see how human nature deals with your academic approach..