I looked up dysgenic. Well, maybe I did not get it. I think Jed is correct. I think the problem is that I do not think Jed's analysis includes me.:) All others and the theory is perfect. No, if we need a more sophisticated word than selfishness let us try narcissism.
Best Regards , Lennart Thornros www.StrategicLeadershipSac.com lenn...@thornros.com +1 916 436 1899 202 Granite Park Court, Lincoln CA 95648 “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” PJM On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 8:15 AM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > The reason people are hysterical about death, including religious from the > Abrahamic to Transhumanism, is because civilization is dysgenic and in a > dysgenic society every death is a loss of Creation. > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Craig Haynie <cchayniepub...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> You know, if we could find a way to the stars, then suddenly, there's >>> plenty of room for anyone who has ever lived, and anyone who wants to >>> live forever. >>> >> >> Naah, that just shoves the problem off into the future. See Asimov, "The >> Last Question": >> >> http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html >> >> Besides, old people are not likely to travel so we we would end up having >> them clutter up the earth, like the old people who are left in rural >> districts in Japan after the young people moved to the big cities. That is >> depressing, let me tell you! >> >> The older I get, the less patience I have for old farts. Especially >> people in science such as Huizenga and Park. I agree with Max Planck that >> progress in science occurs "funeral by funeral." >> >> A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and >> making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, >> and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. >> >> >> We need to be rid of old people, to give young people their turn. Death >> is as essential to social evolution as it is to biological evolution. >> >> It is essential to technology as well. James Watt was a gifted engineer >> and he made some of the greatest contributions to technology in history, >> but when he got old he held up progress. He insisted that steam cylinders >> should be kept at low pressure for safety. He had great authority and >> people stuck to his recommendations. After he died, Young Turks began >> building high pressure cylinders, which reduced the weight of steam >> engines, and improved the power to weight ratio. Without that, they could >> not have made things like steam locomotives. >> >> - Jed >> >> >
