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a111: Logged on 2019-07-29 07:00 mp_en_viaje: the principal problem of manhood is then how to negotiate aggressivity and violence, between the hammer of the winds of doom
mp_en_viaje: the principal problem of manhood is then how to negotiate aggressivity and violence, between the hammer of the winds of doom ☟︎
a111: Logged on 2018-04-16 14:46 mircea_popescu: buildings, however, are a very opposite attempt : the dismal resistance of air (and see also un prophete discussion of winds here) and the minimal and well understood constraint of gravity allow enough free space for design to be a thing.
mircea_popescu: goes right in there with the whole http://btcbase.org/log-search?q=%22prophete%22 discussions etc.
mircea_popescu: the limiting factor on human leather goods is the "strong winds" of ye olde prophete ; the driving force of hallucinatoria is mass acceptance, meaning that the individual item value is actually negative. a phone in the factory costs... -5$. not even zero, below 0. whereas once in "consumer" hands, it's worth whatever, 75 bux.
mircea_popescu: buildings, however, are a very opposite attempt : the dismal resistance of air (and see also un prophete discussion of winds here) and the minimal and well understood constraint of gravity allow enough free space for design to be a thing. ☟︎
mircea_popescu: in other obscura, "Koresh had an affair with the then-prophetess of the Branch Davidians Lois Roden, while he was in his late 20s and she was in her late 60s. "\
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform it is, at that. and in ru prison is "not cheating if ~not caught~, to an ellaborate standard of wot-proof. which takes us straight into http://trilema.com/2014/un-prophete/#selection-53.90-53.169 sadness
mircea_popescu: (such as colonna, more or less source of the old guy in http://btcbase.org/log-search?q=un+prophete ; at his conviction in 2012 the french equivalent of a federal court gave reasoning for its sentence, for the first time in french legal practice. cuz empire wanna be part of euroland.)
a111: Logged on 2015-10-31 04:27 mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2014/un-prophete/#selection-57.90-57.473
mircea_popescu: "oh look at me mom, i picked the corsican tribe in un prophete! we'll so totally end up fucked in the ass!"
asciilifeform: sorta showcases the extreme of the 'tallest building you can build' from mircea_popescu's 'prophete' article.
mircea_popescu: and you didn't getg the name wrong, un prophete.
punkman: watched Un Prophete the other day, pretty damn good
asciilifeform: see also mircea_popescu's mega-article on subj, http://trilema.com/2014/un-prophete
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2014/un-prophete/#selection-57.90-57.473 ☟︎
mircea_popescu: http://trilema.com/2014/un-prophete/ ?
penguirker: New blog post: http://trilema.com/2014/un-prophete/