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Dark Triad [1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad

A somewhat related discussion on this topic [1].

[1] - https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/the-oil-price-myste...

See also "Taiwan, Nuclear War, and Global Economic Collapse" [1] for some additional perspective.

[1] https://collapse2050.substack.com/p/taiwan-nuclear-war-and-g...

Nate Hagens [1] often talks about a wider-boundary view and nth-order effects. I find it both informative and enlightening as well as thought-provoking.

[1] https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-original/141-...

I find these discussions both entertaining and annoying. We humans unquestionably expect to be able to bend the world to our will, even when the “world” is defined by some arbitrary set of rules put forth by some faction whose intent is solely to serve their own purposes, desires, and needs, independent of a shared reality. Legumes, among other things, make you fart. Get over it.

And this is the predicament that people seem to either not understand or completely (wilfully?) ignore. As is said, problems have solutions; predicaments have outcomes. I think this [0] is worth a read (among many other similar analyses)

[0] https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/the-tale-of-two-ene...

I just can't get that exuberant when I also read things like this [1].

[1] - https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/the-tale-of-two-ene...

Some interesting, recent discussion: "Interview at the Technical University of Munich: Not only are forests more complex than is commonly realized, they also do more." [1]

[1]: https://bioticregulation.substack.com/p/in-focus-green-ocean...

I think there may be some credence to the Dark Triad[0] theory as well.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad

Personally, I don't think the capitalist-driven agenda anywhere in the world gives a flying fricative about the health of anyone, only the health of the profit motive and it's benefits to shareholders. Food and healthcare is but one more example. Love or hate the JRE, I think this episode [1] provides much food (pun intended) for thought. The common person simply does not matter other than as a(n) (addicted) consumer.

[1] https://youtu.be/G0lTyhvOeJs?feature=shared

What if we don't spend the effort, time, and money to 'decode' birdsong? What if we don't feel the need to uncover such, to reinforce the human exceptionalism? What if it really wasn't meant for us to know? What if we simply just relaxed and immersed ourselves in the beauty of birdsong? Would we be somehow deprived?

The word, "progress" carries a lot of weight here. How do you define it?

I have been working my way through this paper, [1], and it has plenty of good food for thought around this.

[1] - https://consilienceproject.org/development-in-progress/

This. "My kids light up the most when I am fully engaged with them, fully present, entertaining their ideas, and asking questions."

Things a screen and all the gadgets and fancy engineering in the world can never replace.