tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post6705245497728098040..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Real AlternativesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-71146332592048083862017-09-16T17:25:09.862-04:002017-09-16T17:25:09.862-04:00Smart guy, Keynes.
"All things in moderation...Smart guy, Keynes.<br /><br />"All things in moderation" isn't a bad heuristic. "Most things in moderation, but try to stay aware of the full range of possibilities" might be better.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08111391338812214765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-44084943345488990252017-09-14T16:03:03.738-04:002017-09-14T16:03:03.738-04:00The story has that classic old sci-fi feel. The sc...The story has that classic old sci-fi feel. The science part highly speculative, using real things as a taking-off point into poorly-understood things. The standard moralising about what fools humans and their institutions are, as contrasted to Men of Science.<br /><br />Loved it.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-84576222102329272342017-09-13T23:56:13.315-04:002017-09-13T23:56:13.315-04:00Just to be perverse: The Gostak and the Doshes
S...Just to be perverse: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Avon_Fantasy_Reader/Issue_10/The_Gostak_and_the_Doshes" rel="nofollow">The Gostak and the Doshes</a><br /><br />Seriously, though--quite a few people thought Hitler was a good guy, or he'd not have had any power. History can be a good window into other minds--provided you latch onto a good historian, and not somebody who translates everything into modern categories. Literature and song--what do people care about? jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com