tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post2852395082136973096..comments2024-03-28T18:54:13.800-04:00Comments on alien romances: The Final FrontierRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-83479293351149838112010-08-09T18:17:17.917-04:002010-08-09T18:17:17.917-04:00Margaret:
Well, "seems to be saying" le...Margaret:<br /><br />Well, "seems to be saying" leaves it open to interpretation, but personally, I view with suspicion anything or any one who points at something and hints, indicates, alludes, implies, (the more subtle, the less I believe it) that THIS IS THE ONLY WAY. "Only" being the operative concept. <br /><br />The universe is too big, too diverse, and humanity too well suited to this universe in flexibility, adaptability, etc, for an "only" to be plausible.<br /><br />However, it does make for great fictional conflicts.<br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br />http://jacquelinelichtenberg.comJacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-48281322686039661822010-08-09T16:17:35.876-04:002010-08-09T16:17:35.876-04:00Well, yes, but Stross seems to be saying that in a...Well, yes, but Stross seems to be saying that in an ET environment (a space station, an enclosed dome, or a terraformed alien planet) only a tightly organized, highly controlling form of government would work. I'm not sure what I think about that premise.Margaret Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-56919310554705272042010-08-09T14:28:30.024-04:002010-08-09T14:28:30.024-04:00You might be mis-reading the "Libertarian&quo...You might be mis-reading the "Libertarian" philosophy. It's not a loner philosophy, or even "rugged individualism" -- not the "Mountain Man" hiking the Rockies all alone in winter.<br /><br />It's a method of organizing the social cooperative structures that support each other that is based on a fundamentally different concept of how to manage the human tendency to acquire power over other humans. And it's primarily about economic power. <br /><br />There are points where I agree and points where I disagree, but the Libertarian approach would work as well "in space" or "on the frontier" as it does here and now.<br /><br />The real question may be, "Why do humans keep trying to find an answer to "What's the best way to organize human society?" which is final and absolute and works perfectly everywhere and throughout all time. <br /><br />Is it that we want so desperately to stop thinking at all? Are we that tired as a species?<br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br />http://jacquelinelichtenberg.comJacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.com