User: beetle

The Way Things Work

On: Rebooting The World?

The perfect companion literature for rebuilding after the 'end of the world'.

The knowledge in here would make it pretty simple (technically, not socially) to bring the dark ages into the Renaissance into the early 20th century over a much shorter period of time.

Re:Capital makes us wealthy; death tax destroy cap

On: A Minor Political Screed

Note that Brin favors raising the tax-exempt limit on estate taxes, which currently tops out at a million dollars.

Making this 20 million should more than cover almost all farms and private business' value.

Ultima 4 Virtues

On: I Want Names for my Servers!

Sacrifice
Honor
Honesty
Compassion
Justice
Humility
Spirituality
Valor

These can be expanded to include the equivalent vices:
Greed - (Sacrifice)
Shame - (Honor)
Deceit - (Honesty)
Vengeance - (Compassion)
Iniquity - (Justice)
Hubris - (Humility)
Carnality - (Spirituality)
Cowardice - (Valor)

Enjoy ...