Been a long time since I read Anathem, and I'm kinda surprised Stephenson hasn't been outed as an out-and-out Nazi. I mean it's good if he's not, just that he seems the type.
Although I found the terrorist character in REAMDE weirdly well written.
Just doing the Basilisk's bidding...
Picked up by a relatively mainstream US politics blog:
I think we can all agree now that US Rationalists are basically all ex-Christians who are looking for the same thing but with the serial numbers filed off.
This is hilarious. For ages every time Urbit has appeared in tech aggregators the original connection with Yarvin has been raised, and the proponents have snippily replied he's not longer involved. No idea what passive-aggressive bullshit they'll invent next time now that he's back in charge, baby!
The entire "the world is running out of people" meme is just an attempt to find a non-religious rationale to limit reproductive choice.
According to Wonkette, they're now in danger of deportation because they don't know any Russian, and don't seem interested in learning it
https://www.wonkette.com/p/canadian-idiots-who-fled-to-russia
I just read an account of the Nazi occupation of Norway in WW2 and it was a bit like that. The local Nazis (the OG Quisling!) were widely hated, there was passive resistance at every turn, and very few Norwegians were interested in some sort of "racial bond" with Germany.
The comments are the best part.
And by best, I mean worst.
Thank you for trying!
We also made sure to enjoy our trip and tried some Turkish coffee and petted some of the stray cats." (Awwww),
Well, cats like fish too so this is relevant.
One thing I reflected on after learning about your experiences is the challenge of getting in touch with other, non-EA established organizations
Who knew that acting in a weird, insular manner would hinder the very thing that was attempting to be accomplished?
As a child of the 80s I recognize the feeling of doom, but in my case it was for global thermonuclear war. I vividly remember the only thing keeping the feelings of dread away was sitting in the children's section of the library, reading the Moomin books. I remember being most worried about having to eat the family dog after the bombs fell.
TIL Burning Man has a fucking airport. USA, man.
This is both so evil and so genius I am surprised it's not a very common tax-planning layup for other very rich people.