The text explains that if we accept electric light, we will forget how to make fire and we will starve. Well, we use electric light, far more than initially imagined, we are alive and we haven't forgotten how to make fire, and there is still a candle industry.
The New Dark Ages
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#12For a serious take on the actual new Dark Age we are currently living in, I'd recommend "The Twilight of American Culture" by Morris Berman. It's no longer about limited access to information. It's about the erosion of cultural values.
> I'd recommend "The Twilight of American Culture" by Morris Berman
Looks like a solid recommendation. Looking forward to reading it.
A summary (from Christian Science Monitor via Apple Books) says that Berman suggests the solution to an eroding cultural store of value is for the proliferation of the "monastic individual" who retreats from the larger "Mass Mind" culture to assess, curate, and preserve society's literary and cultural treasures.
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#13Tag: fan-fiction
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#14I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. Why was this flagged? Oh right, this is HN. eyeroll
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#15> We are seeing the collapse of the global economy due to high government debt. Politicians don't have incentives to fix the situation since they will lose support if they try to do anything
Well, that might not be necessarily the case, watch Milei slashing a lot of bloat in Argentina and still remaining popular.
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#16> Getting access to a book will be really complicated because there won't be many of them, and they will be reserved for the wealthy. Do people genuinely believe this? I don't know how to express my opinion about this without applying ad hominem or violating HN rules.
It does seem a bit silly.