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Comment #180996 by Steven Earl Salmony
Political Will, Political Won’t
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The accepted wisdom of today’s environmental reform movement is founded on two core assumptions. The first is that most of the technical solutions we need to …On Thesis #4: Human population is a function of food supply.
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Comment #180965 by G. Highpine
This story bears all the marks of a complete invention by Europeans/ European-Americans. The many details that show its European origin could be discussed at length, but for now I feel I …
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Comment #180955 by Jessica
Regarding the exercising of control over the lowest in the hierarchy by those at the top (which is necessary for the continued existence of the hierarchy), I think this has been one …
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Comment #180938 by jhereg
Hi Chris!
A couple small points I’d like to make:
First, make sure you aren’t confusing agriculture with all forms of cultivation, it’s been awhile since I’ve read “The 30″, but I don’t …
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Comment #180916 by Chris
Having read the Thirty Theses, I find some important points in them, but I don’t agree with them in their entirety. I agree that:
1. Peak oil, peak uranium and peak steel will …
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Comment #180906 by Ryan
When you’re right you’re right, but when you’re fuzzy you’re wrong.
When you say evolution is irrefutable that is presumptuous. And when you say you know can satisfactorily explain through Darwin’s work, …
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Comment #180901 by Steven Earl Salmony
When I was a boy, we were taught that each generation had responsibilities to assume and duties to perform with regard to the acknowledgement and acceptance of the challenges that are present …
On Thesis #4: Human population is a function of food supply.
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Comment #180883 by Steven Earl Salmony
I Wonder What Galileo Is Doing Tonight…..
I find it irresistible not to at least take a moment to wonder aloud about what Galileo is doing tonight. My hope would be that …
On Thesis #4: Human population is a function of food supply.
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Comment #180881 by ErMoo
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On Going Paleo
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Comment #180869 by Noble Savage Vs. Rewilding | Urban Scout: Rewilding Cascadia
[…] think Jason Godesky put the last nail in the coffin in his thorough article, “The Savages are Truly Noble.” Primitive peoples have an impact on their environment, it’s just a positive …
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Comment #180867 by Chris
eBay and Amazon aren’t always viable options outside the U.S. I live in Canada, and it seems like the cheaper I find something on eBay, the more the shipping to Toronto …
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Comment #180859 by How to walk properly « cannablog
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Comment #180842 by Chuck
I’ve been thinking about this a bit over the last few days. There are some good points in this article and the discussion of it, but overall I think E-Primitive is somewhat …
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Comment #180814 by Steve Salmony
Dear Fallout11 and JimFive,
Consider the words Garrett Hardin wrote in his famous essay, “The Tragedy of the Commons” (Science, 162(1968):1243-1248), “Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his …
On Thesis #4: Human population is a function of food supply.
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Comment #180804 by Farmer de Ville
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Comment #180793 by JimFive
Fallout,
I never claimed that freedom was an ultimate good. It seems clear to me that freedom can be taken to just as much of an extreme as any other ideological tenet (…On Thesis #4: Human population is a function of food supply.
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Comment #180788 by fallout11
JimFive, I believe Steve has given up on trying to converse with you since your logic has, in all honesty, become something of a Mobius strip.
However, what you describe as “freedom” …On Thesis #4: Human population is a function of food supply.
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Comment #180779 by hirota
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Comment #180767 by richard
I think the purpose, Cloud, of this piece is not to make headway in terms of reaching truths, but about laying out trails to follow in altering, or re-wilding, the perceptual lens …
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Comment #180697 by JimFive
Steve,
Those questions won’t be asked because they will be (and are) irrelevant. Those are the same basic questions that the Gen Xers ask the Boomers. If those questions are being asked …On Thesis #4: Human population is a function of food supply.
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Comment #180696 by Steven Earl Salmony
Dear JimFive,
For my sake, I hope you turn out to be correct.
Any other thoughts regarding the questions I fear will irresistably be presented to those of us who have exercised …
On Thesis #4: Human population is a function of food supply.
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Comment #180689 by JimFive
Steve,
No.
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Comment #180688 by Anonymous
Dear JimFive,
Do you think the children will ask those in my not-so-great generation of elders, “When did you see the good scientific evidence of what everyone knew? Why did you not …
On Thesis #4: Human population is a function of food supply.
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Comment #180676 by JimFive
At the risk of highjacking this into a discussion of French.
in French, you say “J’ai soif” or “J’ai faim” (->”I have thirst/hunger”),
This is actually one of …On Thesis #10: Emergent elites led the Agricultural Revolution.
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Comment #180648 by Jean-Vivien Maurice
Just a few more additions about French, since I find it interesting to compare which areas of my language are more or less “aristotelician” than English :
- in French, you say “J’ai soif” …
On Thesis #10: Emergent elites led the Agricultural Revolution.
