Diesel, gas, and paradox
News surfaced a couple weeks ago that the German government offered to pay the Trump administration up to a billion euros in exchange for lifting sanctions on Nord Stream 2. … Continue reading Diesel, gas, and paradox
Author: Cornelius Stahlblau
Linkstorm XVIII
Fascinating advances in wearable robotics: “(…) The model devised by the researchers is inspired by the mechanisms underpinning the movements of grasshoppers. A simple anatomical experiment, however, revealed that it … Continue reading Linkstorm XVIII
Caviar, marketing, and competition on the Russian Far East
A couple decades ago, European restaurants paid thousands of Euros for a kilogram of caviar. Currently, they manage to get it for a fraction of the price, thanks to the … Continue reading Caviar, marketing, and competition on the Russian Far East
Linkstorm XVII
The great Justin Murphy shares some interesting predictions: “(…)Lind suggests that any new cross-class alliance will have to create “powerful mass-membership, working-class organizations…” I do not think this needs to … Continue reading Linkstorm XVII
Linkstorm XVI
Doxometrist is a very exciting recent discovery: “(…) If you find any of the questions new and thought – provoking, you’ve just been vaccinated. Vaccinated against being told about the … Continue reading Linkstorm XVI
Neo Proletarian Technolords and Dei ex machina
In these times, it has become something of a cliché to criticize the notion of “Rule by Experts”. That is, the expectation that decisions should be taken by the technically … Continue reading Neo Proletarian Technolords and Dei ex machina
Linkstorm XV
Vincent Garton published this a year ago , but it reached our gates just now: “(…) Empire, in fact, precedes the modern nation-state not just historically but also logically, and … Continue reading Linkstorm XV
Tsunamis, pranks and uprisings
Sedition is an interesting concept, occupying in most legal systems where it exists a place somewhere beneath open treason and armed rebellion. It means an attempt at overthrowing the government, … Continue reading Tsunamis, pranks and uprisings
Linkstorm XIV
Beautiful post by Sonya (supposedly), on the People of the Past: “(…) We ought to romanticize the past, and the people who made it. Ought is superfluous, though — it’s … Continue reading Linkstorm XIV
Trumpist Crypto-insurrections and pet Hydras
After the storming of the Capitol on January 6th, and the consequences that will inevitably befall on those who took part in them, it seems that Internet regulation and censorship … Continue reading Trumpist Crypto-insurrections and pet Hydras
Linkstorm XIII
War in the uncanny valley, a fantastic piece at Only Forward: “(…) What would be the effect on troop psychology when faced with mines which look and move just like … Continue reading Linkstorm XIII
Smooth and striated space in the decline of Spain: a quasi-theory of Revolution
In 1520, Charles Habsburg inherited from his grandfather Maximilian the Holy Roman Empire, which his successors would in turn inherit until the 1700. During their rule as both Holy Roman … Continue reading Smooth and striated space in the decline of Spain: a quasi-theory of Revolution
