▲ 1003 ▼ This will definitely get me on a watchlist (programming.dev) submitted 2 years ago by spread@programming.dev to c/collapse@lemmy.ml 149 comments fedilink hide all child comments How do y'all cope with this
[–] Landmammals@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (4 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_for_the_Future permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago Exactly what I was just thinking. This exact realization is a significant plot point in the book permalink fedilink source parent [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Hooray, more stuff to read! permalink fedilink source parent [–] keefshape@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I am re-reading this currently! Love KSR, but wow eerily apt with MftF. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) The terrorists in that book are ethical and fair. In reality the types that would actually engage in that behavior would consider collateral damage as part of the “de growth”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] keefshape@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The terrorists in the book are ethical and fair, because B is Mother. Without his black-ops hand guiding those kinds of things, they allude it would be a lot worse than drone swarms and pebble missiles. Transforming blind rageful terrorism into relatively guided eco-sabotage and brinksmanship that pushes through carboncoins and wealth caps. I also noted this time around, that Franks talk with the Kali takes place before Mary and B chat about blackbooks stuff. So B was already doing the needful, for a long while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago Exactly what I was just thinking. This exact realization is a significant plot point in the book permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Hooray, more stuff to read! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] keefshape@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I am re-reading this currently! Love KSR, but wow eerily apt with MftF. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) The terrorists in that book are ethical and fair. In reality the types that would actually engage in that behavior would consider collateral damage as part of the “de growth”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] keefshape@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The terrorists in the book are ethical and fair, because B is Mother. Without his black-ops hand guiding those kinds of things, they allude it would be a lot worse than drone swarms and pebble missiles. Transforming blind rageful terrorism into relatively guided eco-sabotage and brinksmanship that pushes through carboncoins and wealth caps. I also noted this time around, that Franks talk with the Kali takes place before Mary and B chat about blackbooks stuff. So B was already doing the needful, for a long while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] keefshape@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The terrorists in the book are ethical and fair, because B is Mother. Without his black-ops hand guiding those kinds of things, they allude it would be a lot worse than drone swarms and pebble missiles. Transforming blind rageful terrorism into relatively guided eco-sabotage and brinksmanship that pushes through carboncoins and wealth caps. I also noted this time around, that Franks talk with the Kali takes place before Mary and B chat about blackbooks stuff. So B was already doing the needful, for a long while. permalink fedilink source parent
