This is Liminal Hack, a blog that belongs to I, Scepticus.
Its about what the fuck is going on, with the world, the economy, our politics and so on, big stuff like that.
You’d be forgiven for thinking this is just another pseudo-financial blog for recycling this or that flavour of economic punditry and ideology to an increasingly jaded audience bored to death with keynes vs hayek, goldbuggery and peak-everything doomerism.
Except I actually do know what the fuck is going on. Really. I do.
Good to see you starting a blog, Scepticus. I hope you get plenty of visits!
thx traktion.
Found this blog by way of naked capitalism. Just read the whole darn thing. Mind boggling stuff. Really makes you think. Great work!!! Many thanks.
wichitachuck, a pleasure to have you here. I love open minds.
Now that said, a bridge solution between now and utopia (bridge meaning next twenty years) is the encouragement and normalization of Social News. That tech has the ability to clarify to the facts using debate for problem solving and involving the global citizen toward a democratic world vs. the feudal one that has once again emerged. Give me a shout sometime, my number is 603-953-3388. I always enjoy talking to bright people that get it.
And as for TPTB, if the private market doesn’t step up to propose the guidlines for Social News, government decides for us. Each of us with an individual blog using more private-circuit systems like WordPress doesn’t cut it to educate the masses, prepare them or for use for news or real debate mechanisms. That also means market opportunity to normalize and do the world the favor.
TPTB fear the rapid technological change even though they generally understand the application of the web will lead to a much larger and stable supply chain. Scepticus, you are brilliant and understand the end game and I see no reason for you to have a screen name. Your a rare thinker, join the legitimate global debate. I see no real danger using real name, unless one is threatening violence and in that case, your smart enough to know government will find you. I used to think evolving right past TBTB was the answer, but no. The answer is we all evolve together or eat the physical pain of global war.
Thanks Jason for the kind words but I like being anonymous for now. While I see the direction the mechanics of money are moving in I still fear the WWW and where it’ll end up. That said I’m not afraid of the government. Not really.
There are other reasons I don’t use a real name, which you have not hit upon above.
I’m intending to read the whole blog from start to finish – if I make it.
I’ve girded my grey matter and hitched up my trousers (in that order) and the journey begins.
Phew – the first post was easy going. Back tomorrow.
Hi hotairmail, good to hear from you!
Good luck. They start off quite short but have recently got a bit longer. A trend I aim to reverse in the future.
And, are you saying you keep your grey matter in your trousers???
Scepticus,
You said:
“You’d be forgiven for thinking this is just another pseudo-financial blog for recycling this or that flavour of economic punditry and ideology to an increasingly jaded audience bored to death with keynes vs hayek, goldbuggery and peak-everything doomerism.”
I am so glad to see a blog as refreshing as yours. It seems to me that modern Darwinian world view plus our current set of global problems has led many, many westerners (and also many, many non-westerners) to come to the conclusion that:
“we were not the brightest of monkeys!”
I know you don’t have strong idealogical positions. But I do believe that we can solve our most difficult global problems without annihilating ourselves by using our faculty which distinguishes us the most from the rest of the animal kingdom: The ability to think not only rationally but just also creatively. The message I have for my fellow westerners is the following:
“we are the most blessed of monkeys!”
Mansoor
Welcome Mansoor – I wondered if you might be reading and lurking! I agree 100% with your sentiments above.