tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4034123267101712947..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Feudalism, California StyleStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-91082552523812733532013-10-06T21:18:24.054-07:002013-10-06T21:18:24.054-07:00Of course, the smart young programmers in these co...Of course, the smart young programmers in these corporate arcologies will have have everything. Except kids, that is. There's your evolution in action.kudzu bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865247508134005274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-91613377241388448522013-10-06T17:09:02.278-07:002013-10-06T17:09:02.278-07:00On Google+, SF Author Julie Cochrane mentioned tha...On Google+, SF Author Julie Cochrane mentioned that the new Apple Campus, the Amazon and Google campuses, are becoming more and more like Burbclaves from neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" - or pro to-arcologies from Oath of Fealty .<br /><br />In the latter case, it was built explicitly to get the productive middle and upper class into a secure environement where they could work and trust each other. There are also aspects of a Jack Campbell essay on how each stage of civilization (tribalism, barbarianism, civilization) looks like the previous stage to the viewer. And yes, the archeology was feudal.<br /><br />That story is also the source of the phrase "Think of it as evolution in action."Midknighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10260063828568677303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-40045011055331630192013-10-06T16:35:54.908-07:002013-10-06T16:35:54.908-07:00Gee. EXACTLY as Victor Davis Hansen has said.
kb...Gee. EXACTLY as Victor Davis Hansen has said.<br /><br />kb, as you know, it depends on which immigrants you get.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23664528093749440632013-10-06T16:22:20.952-07:002013-10-06T16:22:20.952-07:00Joel Kotkin has been relentless in his advocacy of...Joel Kotkin has been relentless in his advocacy of more Third World immigration into the U.S., saying that it would greatly benefit this country. No state has taken in more new arrivals from Asia and Latin America than has California, and yet the place is a mess. On the other hand, those areas that have taken in few immigrants, such as North Dakota, continue to do well.<br /><br />The facts on the ground don't seem to support Kotkin's pro-immigration stance, do they?kudzu bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865247508134005274noreply@blogger.com