Tag: 1000 = 2000
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70 years in reverse 2
Continued from previous. The New Deal had three purposes: 1. Smash Wall Street. 2. Restore Main Street. 3. Restore farms. Henry Wallace was in charge of restoring farms, and the TVA and REA worked on the same goal. REA news in 1936 quoted a speech by the head of the New Hampshire Farm Bureau….. =…
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1816 = 2023
Looking for more material on Magic Lanterns, this 1816 pamphlet came up. Thaumaturgus, or the Wonders of the Magic Lantern. It’s not a guide to creating Magic Lantern displays. The author uses a Magic Lantern show as an extended conceit to display a harsh picture of society. The situation and the characters are PERFECTLY FAMILIAR…
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Regents
The Santayana quote is meaningless, and he probably meant it as parody. Modern demons do learn from history, but not the way we naively imagine. They use history to improve the efficiency of their evil deeds. History is quality control, not a horrible example to be avoided at all costs. Does knowing history make any…
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Learning requires stability.
In previous item about the history of stereotyping as it related to Kellogg’s Patent Insides, I was quoting a 1927 book by George Kubler. He understood how psychopathic chaos halts all learning and genuine innovation. = = = = = START QUOTE: Writing of books by hand continued to be the only method practiced throughout…
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Legacy and copyright again
Branching off from the Kellogg patent insides, I started reading histories of stereotyping. 1. From Gutenberg’s movable type through the long line of inventors who repeatedly REdiscovered stereotyping, a pattern emerges clearly. Each inventor tried to keep the process secret through oaths (NDAs) and patents and copyrights. When the inventor died the process died with…
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Infinitely insane
Random pointless thought while listening to discussion of the Repooflican “debate” tonight. When trying to fill an important job, you want to attract a large set of seekers with solid and relevant experience. On the R side the active candidates include 5 former or current governors and 1 current congresscritter, all successful vote-getters, all generally…
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1000 = 2000 complete.
Elon challenged Zuck to a duel and Zuck accepted. We’re now fully and officially back in 1000 AD, when feudal barons fought physically and led their troops on horseback. Henry VIII once wrestled the King of France in a similar semi-jocular fight, complete with allegedly special moves. One day, as the story goes, an enthusiastic…
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Yet Another Vague Observation (YAVO)
One of Kirn’s commenters was recommending the All-In Podcast as a relatively non-partisan source. I tried listening to an episode and turned it off after 20 seconds. These are RICH FUCKHEADS of the tech-tyrant species. They were apparently joshing each other in Bro Style, talking about ??doing?? some ??things?? and ??going?? to some ??places??. Every…
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Maybe we understand
Bhattacharya is trying to set up a “commission” to find facts which don’t need to be found and won’t have any effect when found. Before 2020 everyone knew how to deal with viruses, and everyone was already dealing with viruses competently. What happened in 2020 wasn’t a virus, it was a literal precise holocaust. A…
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1890 2.0
The SS admin has released the most popular baby names from last year. For males: Liam, Noah, Oliver, James, Elijah, William, Henry, Lucas, Benjamin and Theodore. For females: Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia, Sophia, Isabella, Ava, Mia, Evelyn and Luna. Except for Liam and Luna, these are 1890 names. Both of my grandfathers, William and Henry,…
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Trying for an open mind
I’m trying to give RFK a chance, despite my loud-clanging bullshit alarm. His website is mainly vague platitudes. He says the right things clearly and sharply in economic realms, on globalism vs localism and monopolies vs small business. At one point he comes close to the ONE THING THAT MATTERS but pulls away without touching…
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Back to Hanover
Charles continues to reactivate the natural power of the monarchy, which Elizabeth allowed to lapse. This week he chose not to visit Paris because of the riots, and instead visited Berlin, where he gave a speech in fluent German to the Parliament. This is a return to pre-1900 alliances. The Hanovers were a German family,…
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Random thought about dynasties
Thinking about the current medieval setup. One thing is missing. In Dark Ages 1.0, political dynasties continued for many generations, and competing dynasties warred for many generations. The worst wars were between families, not between nations. In Dark Ages 2.0, our national dynasties are strictly ‘horizontal’. Before 1900 there were a couple of father-son pairs:…
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Speaking of reinvention…
Speaking of reinventing old tech and speedrunning the Dark Ages: Back in 2015 when discussing old bookkeeping symbols, I caught a truly peculiar advertisement for a nightmarish toilet: I’m convinced the artists in the 1880s were on some kind of hallucinogen, perhaps ergot in spoiled bread. Now the nightmare has been reinvented with a more…
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