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LQD: Capitalism is Not Worth Saving | 98 comments (98 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Could a biotistic society . . . (none / 1)

Aha. And can you perchance furnish us with historical examples of economic collapse leading to a renaissance of science, art and general creativity?

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sat May 16th, 2009 at 04:46:56 AM EST
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Re: Could a biotistic society . . . (none / 1)

um, no, though that doesn't prove it didn't or couldn't happen in the future. feel free to speculate otherwise!

also prior to said economic collapses, art and philosophy did thrive, maybe there's no causation involved, maybe there is...

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat May 16th, 2009 at 07:36:40 AM EST
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Re: Could a biotistic society . . . (4.00 / 2)

As I see it melo argues quality, not quantity.

So - from a certain perspective - you can easily argue that the art and philosophy of a certain group was qualitively superior to a the decadent culture that precedeed it.

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by A swedish kind of death on Sat May 16th, 2009 at 02:24:55 PM EST
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Re: Could a biotistic society . . . (none / 0)

I see.

Me, personally, I'm not a big fan of the Paul Atreides school of human development.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sat May 16th, 2009 at 06:17:36 PM EST
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Greco-Roman collapse led to Imperium Francorum (none / 0)

True philosophical renaissance: God back in its cage, women out to become queens, slaves liberated... Hence tech supremacy within a century or two.

Patrice Ayme Patriceayme.com Patriceayme.wordpress.com http://tyranosopher.blogspot.com/

by Patrice Ayme on Sun May 17th, 2009 at 06:29:57 PM EST
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