The answer? Why don't we look at The Problem. There are TOO FUCKING MANY PEOPLE. Too many people requires too much food, requiring too many ridiculously unsustainable mechanisms(enabled by CHEAP OIL) to bring this food to the table. Ridiculously unsustainable mechanisms, whether it's GMO, Nitrogen fertilizer, CHEAP OIL or whatever. There are sustainable ways of growing locally produced food to feed people, but not with the number of people there are on Earth now, hence the damage.
I grew up in a town that has a strip mine nearby, and what is mined is used for fertilizer. I have seen over the years as the size of the denuded landscape, and the disgusting tailings pond has increased exponentially. I'm told with a straight face how good the mine is because of jobs, tax base etc; All I see is how ridiculously unsustainable it is, and how industrial agriculture is destroying the Amazon Basin, China, etc;
We in the "First World" who have the luxury(for now) of driving to the store and buying a vast array of(mostly non-nutritional and horribly wasteful) food items aren't met with the spectre of starvation or food rationing. An unsustainable system keeps us fat and happy. However, people have and are waking up to the reality that we are going to have to take food production into our own hands as time goes one. Urban gardens, farmers markets, sustainable agriculture, etc; is going to be the norm as this century drags on.
The problem causing the Ridiculously unsustainable mechanisms, overpopulation, will fix itself.
Agreed. It's shocking how the surveillance mentality has crept into everything. I honestly feel that by the middle of this century, technologies will be in place(in "First World" countries) that will monitor not only movements, financial transactions, etc, but also THOUGHTS.
As far as the "pussification of the American Male" that George Carlin warned about it is a resounding yes. I don't have kids, but I have friends and relatives that do. And boyo, can I tell you how different it is.
Go ahead and hang out on my lawn while I rant...
Yes, in junior high I WALKED to school, which was over a mile away.
Yes, we had fireworks "wars" with bottle rockets, firecrackers and roman candles every summer.
Yes, PE in junior and senior high school was brutal, competitive and compulsory. The coaches and upper classmen were pricks, thats just how it was.
Yes, my parents usually had no idea where we were after school, or especially in the summer. Back then, parents weren't fixated/paranoid on children like they are now.
Yes, we played dodgeball in school and it was fierce.
Yes, there was hazing, bullies, fights, etc; same shit as now, only there wasn't a "national debate" about it.
My dads side of the family were SF natives going to to the 49ers. None of them live there now. The last one left about 15 years ago. Transplant is right, almost no one who lives there now is from SF, let alone the BA or even California.
Your analysis of the homogeneity of SF are spot on.
"housing advocates warn that a new wave of gentrification will price middle-class residents out of the city"
San Francisco and "middle-class" are mutually exclusive. SF hasn't had any middle-class residents since at least the mid-90's. To be middle-class in SF/BA would be considered almost upper class in most of the rest of the U.S.
We all know that with the increasing pace of technology, concepts such as "the family", "childhood", "marriage", etc that were once the foundations for civilization are being effectively removed from modern society.
Let me state that I don't agree with these changes, or support them, just that I see them happening and understand it is a cause of the swift changes taking place because of technology's affects on society.
In the Developed/First World, the birth rate is slowing, mothers having their first child are getting older, marriages are taking place later in life, less people are getting married, etc; etc;.
One doesn't need to be a social scientist to see where this is going.
Essentially what the US has had for choices for president since '92 is a Good Cop / Bad Cop. This is where were gonna get fucked anyway, so do we get fucked with or without lube.
Democrats(with lube), Republicans(without).
Just like Clinton moved to the right, Obama has moved to the right of Clinton.
The government is now so totally beholden to corporate interests that the common American has very little ground left to stand on.
I can't believe you got modded 5 Insightful for this! Where are all the religous mod trollers to go after you because YOU DARED question their faith based world view.
Obviously he could have been using another account with a lower ID than yours and posting with that or posting AC. Anyway, he is basically correct in his analysis of/.'s "analysis", maybe not as much in regard to the misleading headlines.
I've been reading it for over ten years and it seems that amount of bullshit, hyperbole, exaggeration, etc are about the same as it was then.
I really get tired of reading the "Slashdot sucks now and used to be so cool" comments.
You put way too much emphasis on Science and scientific discoveries for The West's cancer like attitude towards growth. Yes, Science, it's discoveries and technological applications have enabled the unchecked growth at an unsustainable rate, but Science, like a gun, is merely the tool.
Western civilizations attitude towards Nature, natural resources and it's "Manifest Destiny" to conquer and control the natural world can be traced back to one very important book,
I don't have any mod points, and I did take a shower this morning, but that won't stop me from posting that you appear to be what is commonly referred to as a Troll.
How can allowing teachers the ability to teach such utter bullshit help the U.S. stay competitive?
IMHO this sort of thing will only hinder the U.S. in the coming decades.
Slashdot Mirror
I'll translate your post for you, using a quote from George Carlin:
"The planet is fine, the people are fucked"
The answer? Why don't we look at The Problem. There are TOO FUCKING MANY PEOPLE. Too many people requires too much food, requiring too many ridiculously unsustainable mechanisms(enabled by CHEAP OIL) to bring this food to the table. Ridiculously unsustainable mechanisms, whether it's GMO, Nitrogen fertilizer, CHEAP OIL or whatever. There are sustainable ways of growing locally produced food to feed people, but not with the number of people there are on Earth now, hence the damage.
I grew up in a town that has a strip mine nearby, and what is mined is used for fertilizer. I have seen over the years as the size of the denuded landscape, and the disgusting tailings pond has increased exponentially. I'm told with a straight face how good the mine is because of jobs, tax base etc; All I see is how ridiculously unsustainable it is, and how industrial agriculture is destroying the Amazon Basin, China, etc;
We in the "First World" who have the luxury(for now) of driving to the store and buying a vast array of(mostly non-nutritional and horribly wasteful) food items aren't met with the spectre of starvation or food rationing. An unsustainable system keeps us fat and happy. However, people have and are waking up to the reality that we are going to have to take food production into our own hands as time goes one. Urban gardens, farmers markets, sustainable agriculture, etc; is going to be the norm as this century drags on. The problem causing the Ridiculously unsustainable mechanisms, overpopulation, will fix itself.
FB is fucked on multiple levels, and I could go into that in detail, however if you really want to be disgusted with them, read what they did to "regular" small time investors:
http://www.infowars.com/wall-street-bankers-secretly-scammed-facebook-ipo-buyers/
Agreed. It's shocking how the surveillance mentality has crept into everything. I honestly feel that by the middle of this century, technologies will be in place(in "First World" countries) that will monitor not only movements, financial transactions, etc, but also THOUGHTS.
As far as the "pussification of the American Male" that George Carlin warned about it is a resounding yes. I don't have kids, but I have friends and relatives that do. And boyo, can I tell you how different it is.
Go ahead and hang out on my lawn while I rant...
Yes, in junior high I WALKED to school, which was over a mile away.
Yes, we had fireworks "wars" with bottle rockets, firecrackers and roman candles every summer.
Yes, PE in junior and senior high school was brutal, competitive and compulsory. The coaches and upper classmen were pricks, thats just how it was.
Yes, my parents usually had no idea where we were after school, or especially in the summer. Back then, parents weren't fixated/paranoid on children like they are now.
Yes, we played dodgeball in school and it was fierce.
Yes, there was hazing, bullies, fights, etc; same shit as now, only there wasn't a "national debate" about it.
Leadership however is a different animal.
And I quote Roger Waters:
"Each man has his price Bob/And yours was pretty low"
Best laugh I've had all week!
Rent Control?
Actually, no, they never wonder why everyone else cannot live like them... It never crosses their mind.
My dads side of the family were SF natives going to to the 49ers. None of them live there now. The last one left about 15 years ago. Transplant is right, almost no one who lives there now is from SF, let alone the BA or even California.
Your analysis of the homogeneity of SF are spot on.
"housing advocates warn that a new wave of gentrification will price middle-class residents out of the city"
San Francisco and "middle-class" are mutually exclusive. SF hasn't had any middle-class residents since at least the mid-90's. To be middle-class in SF/BA would be considered almost upper class in most of the rest of the U.S.
So why doesn't Congress or the VA give up their government controlled health care?
My respect for Stamford stays the same.
What about the 930's?
Summed up perfectly.
We all know that with the increasing pace of technology, concepts such as "the family", "childhood", "marriage", etc that were once the foundations for civilization are being effectively removed from modern society.
Let me state that I don't agree with these changes, or support them, just that I see them happening and understand it is a cause of the swift changes taking place because of technology's affects on society.
In the Developed/First World, the birth rate is slowing, mothers having their first child are getting older, marriages are taking place later in life, less people are getting married, etc; etc;.
One doesn't need to be a social scientist to see where this is going.
Essentially what the US has had for choices for president since '92 is a Good Cop / Bad Cop. This is where were gonna get fucked anyway, so do we get fucked with or without lube.
Democrats(with lube), Republicans(without).
Just like Clinton moved to the right, Obama has moved to the right of Clinton.
The government is now so totally beholden to corporate interests that the common American has very little ground left to stand on.
I can't believe you got modded 5 Insightful for this! Where are all the religous mod trollers to go after you because YOU DARED question their faith based world view.
Obviously he could have been using another account with a lower ID than yours and posting with that or posting AC. Anyway, he is basically correct in his analysis of /.'s "analysis", maybe not as much in regard to the misleading headlines.
I've been reading it for over ten years and it seems that amount of bullshit, hyperbole, exaggeration, etc are about the same as it was then.
I really get tired of reading the "Slashdot sucks now and used to be so cool" comments.
"I don't understand maths".
I hate math
You can bet that Comcast's senators are getting well greased right now
Holy shit can we see that on Comcasts PPV?
Ok "Free Market" Dick Breathers, let's hear your rationalizations.
You put way too much emphasis on Science and scientific discoveries for The West's cancer like attitude towards growth. Yes, Science, it's discoveries and technological applications have enabled the unchecked growth at an unsustainable rate, but Science, like a gun, is merely the tool.
Western civilizations attitude towards Nature, natural resources and it's "Manifest Destiny" to conquer and control the natural world can be traced back to one very important book,
The Bible.
I don't have any mod points, and I did take a shower this morning, but that won't stop me from posting that you appear to be what is commonly referred to as a Troll.
How can allowing teachers the ability to teach such utter bullshit help the U.S. stay competitive?
IMHO this sort of thing will only hinder the U.S. in the coming decades.