tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post7319908626879952007..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Farmer Boy Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-76231190967387467852015-09-28T16:26:20.315-04:002015-09-28T16:26:20.315-04:00Some deep thinker in Canada missed your point abou...Some deep thinker in Canada missed your point about the Little House on the Prairie series. Don't listen to him, he's just sore that the books didn't take place in his province.Quartermainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-4937643691340025052015-09-27T13:03:13.875-04:002015-09-27T13:03:13.875-04:00It looks like technology might bring back the dece...It looks like technology might bring back the decentralized nature you describe of 1880's society. Check out this piece on 3-D printing, where the guy says everything that we libertarian transhumanist types have been saying about the inherently decentralizing nature of technology since the late 1980's:<br /><br />http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/49814.html<br /><br />It is silly to think that a decentralized society comprised of self-reliant individuals and small groups must necessarily be low-tech. <br /><br />kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-39790211740179171912015-09-27T10:11:35.560-04:002015-09-27T10:11:35.560-04:00The lowering to how cheap can we get a Toby contin...The lowering to how cheap can we get a Toby continues unrelentingly whether you are blue collar, white collar, or in between. Pretty sad that a security guard pays as much as any dope with a two year associates in computers or basic accounting though there are some vocational degrees that pay okay. <br /><br />Even a good number of 4 year degree positions want you to work for free. The unpaid overtime that was more of a professional courtesy as a salaried employee has become a demand by some employers. sth_txsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-42989931398424866492015-09-26T13:07:11.732-04:002015-09-26T13:07:11.732-04:00Good times for some people, bad times for other pe...Good times for some people, bad times for other people, as always. For example I'm glad that children no longer work as chimney sweeps.Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.com