in thread "On the Erosion of Society, Erroneous Optimism, & what should replace it": Some time in the mid 2030s, a certain society of anonymous gentlemen philosophers published their final treatise, "on the reversal of bioleninism". It laid out an arrangement of social institutions which would result in an entirely new set of political-eco... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 9.3 9.3 Some time in the mid (view hidden) log in to judge received 9.3 9.3 Ok all true. I took liberties for the sake of interestingness. What’s a world we can actually get given pessimistic or at least realistic assumptions? What does our society of anonymous gentlemen philosophers do without the convenient self destruction of... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.1 5.1 Ok all true. I took (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.1 5.1 There is one all-important kind of growth that does not seem to be correlated with cities at all and is in fact disastrously anticorellated with them to the point of being the fatal achilles heel of civilization as such. By comparison all of today’s cele... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 6.5 6.5 There is one all-imp (view hidden) log in to judge received 6.5 6.5 My understanding is that the biggest cities have always been fertility-negative on average for as long as we've had cities. But you are right that the most civilized types of men are the result of city-related selection. So what's going on? Would first of ... 3w ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 My understanding is (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9