Open wisdom-of-crowds software movements have become influential, but they haven.t promoted the kind of radical creativity I love most in computer science. If anything, they’ve been hindrances. Some of the youngest, brightest minds have been trapped in a 1970s intellectual framework because they are hypnotized into accepting old software designs as if they were facts [...]
Amerika is a type of civilization, not a place.
Comprised of equal parts liberal anarchism and commercial fascism, this type of civilization uses "freedom" and "equality" to create a society without standards, values or ideals.
The ensuing social chaos demands a strong force of control, found in commerce, media and government. Commerce ropes citizens into debt and jobs, media fills their heads with illusions, and government enforces profitable laws.
What results is a destruction of all culture and even self-reliance, instead producing a society of identical neurotic drones who depend on government, entertainment and social approval like a nursing calf.
The Amerikan type of civilization, anarcho-totalitarianism, is the end result of us reversing our thought process. We gave up on leadership and goals, and instead are following whims and social trends.
This blog offers an option:
If we convince 5% of our fellow citizens of the above, a peaceful cultural revolution will lead to political change.
Either we continue our decline into third-world anarchy ruled by a totalitarian Nanny State, or we fix our reversed logic and make a renewed civilization that will rise above this chaos.
