@ReubenR80027912 alternately, in a gerontocracy generational interests become class interests. IMO the backlash against boomers is *less* than what we might expect based on the econ, because people like their parents!
@Michael_Druggan well in fairness the most of I, Robot is Susan Calvin investigating various failure modes of the 3 laws. he kind of invented them as a foil
@rSanti97@sebkrier True Names is a quick read (novella) and has historical significance as influencing cypherpunks: https://t.co/lXadoTRDLq
A Deepness In The Sky is the prequel to A Fire Upon The Deep - similar quality
@coldhealing Bill de Blasio was way worse as a mayor than Cuomo as a governor and that faction once again ascendent is very grim. Capitalizing on high population turnover and a fresh face. He was such a moron
@MostlyMonkey are they "the cops"? one guy is wearing a balaclava. "random men doing violence are subject to bystander scrutiny and/or accountable to local government officials" isn't a particularly crazy standard. if they want an assumption of legitimacy they should wear badges!
@TW1NKD3STR0YER The ‘global south’ were ‘the workers’ during the American industrial era? Were they working in factories in Detroit? The America of the 1950s was produced and consumed by Americans
@ann_manov i'm looking at houses in Buffalo rn and visited an 1894 Victorian whose attic had been a drawing room of some kind, business card from a gilded age magnate was pinned to a photograph of people looking stern in old timey clothes, just laying on the floor, kinda wild
@jaycaspiankang@dbessner Why is it nationally relevant that the country’s largest and richest cities are extremely dysfunctional in ways specifically related to their being governed by democrats? Come on man
@shagbark_hick The ADK bull case is: it's surrounded by major population centers, self driving cars will make it easier to access, and it's climate-change robust. The economy will become more oriented towards long distance commuters / remote workers. "Hudson Valley North".
@turrible_tao he's correct in reverse though. the twitter narrative is often something like "the people who stayed in Europe were low agency losers" but mostly they were the winners. the selection effects in USA don't tell us much about the Europeans one way or another
@jon_stokes@credenzaclear2 longship is a great concept. an interesting generational dynamic is that older liberal men experienced all sorts of extremely cruel masculine dynamics and found it in their interest to reject them, younger men don't realize how bad it can get. that said they overcorrected
@ann_manov it has aged extremely well. i find it interesting in hindsight that it premiered 6 months before Obama second election and ended 3 months after Trump inauguration - perfectly bookends a specific era.