tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post7815755228757280274..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The rise and fall of the Industrial RevolutionBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-47878524201949379112014-06-29T05:30:01.021+01:002014-06-29T05:30:01.021+01:00@Brett - It seems that almost everybody always bre...@Brett - It seems that almost everybody always bred 'like rabbits' - in the sense that they had several-fold more babies than replacement rate; but most children died 'like lemmings' (mythological lemmings) until 1800. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32190915813673017882014-06-28T23:52:57.583+01:002014-06-28T23:52:57.583+01:00Are you certain it's the industrial revolution...Are you certain it's the industrial revolution, or the shift toward egalitarian thinking as happened in the West in 1789? Much like the lax immigration law in the USA has encouraged the flood of immigrants, the rise of egalitarianism convinced the lesser spectra of the intelligence hierarchy to breed like rabbits because they knew their children could not be simply allowed to die. They were equal too.Brett Stevenshttp://www.amerika.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-34913456009072012722014-06-26T21:42:33.928+01:002014-06-26T21:42:33.928+01:00When men landed on the moon in 1969 (men European ...When men landed on the moon in 1969 (men European of decent)it seemed anything was possible. A feat clearly the product of genius. We fast forward to the present and it seems space exploration is dead, and so to part of the human spirit. NASA is a climate change agency, who knows what the ESA is doing. China is the only forward thinking space faring nation, but doing it on stolen technology. <br /><br />Considering the greatest advancement since the 70's we realize that the seeds of modern computing and the Internet were sown in the 60's and 70's with the advent of the UNIX OS and TCP protocols. The innovation and genius spawned out of Bell Labs was sold off and dismantled in the 90's. Western self-hatred was in full swing by then. Today what stands in for genius is the creators of iPods, Twitter and Facebook - a far cry from human beings standing on another heavenly body.Ughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267287853892482870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-82141714670202120522014-06-26T01:00:10.191+01:002014-06-26T01:00:10.191+01:00I think many conservatives doubt the "doom&qu...I think many conservatives doubt the "doom" line of thought, because it is advocated by the left. The left talks about overpopulation, advocates abortion, makes us fear climate change... the mass media repeats it, so naturally it is a very healthy response to doubt and fear their beliefs and intentions.<br /><br />At the same time, it is quite obvious that we're living in a very unusual anomaly over the last 100 years, quite different from all of human history, and it is extremely likely it won't continue indefinitely or long. In fact, it's a bit insane to pretend it can keep going on... perhaps purposeful self-delusion?George Goerlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07916687977887167466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-74784809247795187432014-06-25T18:09:21.879+01:002014-06-25T18:09:21.879+01:00@ajb - Yaas - The good news is that world populati...@ajb - Yaas - The good news is that world population will only peak at about 8 billion above agrarian carrying capacity... Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-76800961160035585442014-06-25T18:03:15.537+01:002014-06-25T18:03:15.537+01:00"Yet the world population continues to grow; ..."Yet the world population continues to grow; billion upon billion..."<br /><br />Global marginal cohorts are now declining. I believe this started in 2011.<br />ajbhttp://makingsenseofchristianity.comnoreply@blogger.com