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America isn't going to become Brazil. It already is Brazil.
According to the 2020 census, the United States was 57.8% non-Hispanic white.
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posted 4w ago with
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America isn't going
Sub 1.6 TFR = 50% less people in 3 generations. What now?
Marko’s thread I linked put the fertility rate problem into a very clear perspective. If society doesn’t course correct, there won’t be that many people in the future. South Korea will be around 4% of its current population within 3 generations.
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posted 4w ago with
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Sub 1.6 TFR = 50% le
The problem with multicultural and multiracial societies and how to, or not to organize society
One way not to organize society is to bring together different groups of people of different ancestral origins based on meritocratic traits which you choose and expect them to gel together based on an artificially created "national identity".
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posted 12mo ago with
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The problem with mul
What if the extended human phenotype is natural and convergent?
Samo Burja's thesis is that civilization is part of the "extended human phenotype", as dam building is in the beaver's phenotype, and older than we think. In this model, properly savage hunter-gatherers are either more associated with nearby civilization t...
posted 1mo ago with
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What if the extended
Just how alien would the space-octopus be?
It's hard to say what a true alien species would be like. But octopi are pretty alien, and we know a bit about them. One of you doubted that a space-octopus from alpha centauri would be much like us. So here is a xenohumanist thought experiment: SETI has i...
posted 1mo ago with
5 replies
Just how alien would
10 Hidden Truths of the Past 100 Years by Matt Ellison
(mattellison.substack.com)
posted 2mo ago with
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10 Hidden Truths of
Yes it was.
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2mo ago
Yes it was.
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Not Superintelligence; Supercoordination
Everyone seems to be trying to arms race their way to superintelligence these days. I have a different idea: supercoordination.
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posted 4mo ago with
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Not Superintelligenc
internet supplants america
Modern Americans have outgrown our republic.
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posted 4mo ago with
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internet supplants a
Ideology is more fundamental than *just* post-hoc rationalization
Mosca argued that every ruling class justifies itself with a political formula : an ideological narrative that legitimizes power. Raw force alone is unsustainable; a widely accepted narrative makes dominance appear natural. Internally, shared ideology unif...
posted 3mo ago with
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Ideology is more fun
Supercoordination: A Specific Strategy
How do we get there from here? How might we grow pockets of supercoordination even as AI rapidly becomes more capable and the people behind it consolidate their power, proactively countering this precise type of threat?
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posted 3mo ago with
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Supercoordination: A
Small Spaces by Simon Sarris. Why culture is created in small places
(map.simonsarris.com)
posted 4mo ago with
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Small Spaces by Simo
Is independent thinking still possible in an environment where escaping social media ecochamber is nearly impossible?
Is it possible to be an independent thinker in general?
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posted 4mo ago with
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Is independent think
The Jocks and the Nerds, allied against the Theater-kids.
"Warriors" and "Merchants" need to ally against the "Priests" - that would be the read from the perspective of Gaetano Mosca to our current situation.
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posted 6mo ago with
7 replies
The Jocks and the Ne
rationalists vs. libertarians
rats more elite but libertarians more vigorous
posted 7mo ago with
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rationalists vs. lib
Road trip week 5, 6: The wedding, public land, overpopulation, underpopulation, unsociety.
The road trip at the end of week 5 took us across the bay to celebrate the wedding of an old friend and teacher. I didn't know what to expect, but it was delightfully well done. Congratulations to the couple.
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posted 11mo ago with
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Road trip week 5, 6:
The internet social apocalypse and its solutions
folks over on twitter are complaining that all the twisty little passages full of unique social subcultures have been dissolved into a single global free market of slop. Elon giveth, and Elon taketh away. It seemed like an interesting topic so let's have a...
posted 11mo ago with
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The internet social
Mapping the critical cohorts of the US
America relies on the competency of just a few cohorts of people and the health of the institutions that they occupy throughout their careers to function. I think it's a short list but I'd be curious to hear input on what I have so far:
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posted 14mo ago with
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Mapping the critical
Are aesthetics really primary when seeking converts?
A common theme I see in some circles online is that many political opinions and other social convictions are downstream of aesthetics. This leads to a sort of propagandizing via art and literature, appeals to physical beauty, etc.
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posted 14mo ago with
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Are aesthetics reall
Twitter Hobo's proposal for a new American nomadism
(twitter.com)
posted 1y ago with
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Twitter Hobo's propo
Who is Portugal For? (and what's the point of democracy anymore?)
(www.palladiummag.com)
posted 1y ago with
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Who is Portugal For?