Re: [Vo]:What Churchill knew in '32

2013-07-18 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Fifty thousand tons of water, the amount displaced by the Berengaria, > would, if exploited as described, suffice to shift Ireland to the middle of > the Atlantic. . . . > Sounds vaguely like a veiled joke. Eric

Re: [Vo]:What Churchill knew in '32

2013-07-18 Thread James Bowery
E. O. Wilson in "The Social Conquest of Earth" makes a very strong case for excluding human eusociality from the biosphere. Although he doesn't draw that radical conclusion from his case -- he avoids drawing any conclusions at all from his case and merely posits a quasi religious faith that humani

Re: [Vo]:What Churchill knew in '32

2013-07-18 Thread H Veeder
http://www.azuremagazine.com/article/david-benjamin-and-the-future-of-architecture/ <> Harry On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Here are some quotes from an essay by Winston Churchill, "Fifty Years > Hence" published in 1932. This is in Churchill's book "Thoughts and > Ad

Re: [Vo]:What Churchill knew in '32

2013-07-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
James Bowery wrote: > Similarly, underground construction -- particularly in precambrian > formations -- would provide vast volumes that, with artificial lighting, > could contain custom-made ecosystems for Eden-like human habitats. There > is no reason to burden the biosphere. > I agree we sh

Re: [Vo]:What Churchill knew in '32

2013-07-18 Thread James Bowery
China is taking a step toward human colonies in space with mass produced cities in the form of enormous skyscrapers: http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/06/15/build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-nine-months-sure-why-not/ Similarly, underground construction -- particularly in precambrian form

Re: [Vo]:What Churchill knew in '32

2013-07-18 Thread James Bowery
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Here are some quotes from an essay by Winston Churchill, "Fifty Years > Hence" published in 1932. This is in Churchill's book "Thoughts and > Adventures." ... > When the time comes there will be plenty of room for the cities to spread > the

[Vo]:What Churchill knew in '32

2013-07-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here are some quotes from an essay by Winston Churchill, "Fifty Years Hence" published in 1932. This is in Churchill's book "Thoughts and Adventures." This shows how widely known future prospects are. Clarke described many of these ideas in "Profiles of the Future" (1963), and I borrowed them agai