Posts by Danux01

Snake Eyes

Whenever I read talk like this, I am reminded of Tom Maddox' short story "Snake Eyes". Excellent short story on AI- human relations.

www.feedbooks.com/book/1995.pdf

Canadian Politics

Regarding Alberta's current provincial government, it is important to note that the left NDP party was elected because the two right-wing provincial parties split the right vote. The greatest preponderance of votes were handily for the right, when combined, but the Conservatives' entitled attitude and belief that they were leading, rather than representing, caused a perfect divide in the right vote, allowing the left to garner more than either, separately (41% left, 52% right, 7% center).

Federally, Canada does not have two right-leaning parties, so to win, one must win. The current prime minister, S. Harper, has really done a phenomenal job ensuring his party won't be re-elected, but it will take a significant effort by the new party, just to simply undo the mess Canadian's have allowed the Conservatives to make. Coupled with the recession, the only real democratic economic choice seems to be Keynes, but it is tough to convince people when most of us are making decisions using American propaganda as our primary influence.

Of course, now that every nation's oil storage tanks are full, and all three superpowers have upgraded their military-industrial manufacturing capacity, conditions are set for a good old-fashioned global war. Raise your hands - who wants the economic reset button pressed?