democracy - Forkword Plosm Skip to content Forkword Plosm Menu canberra history copyright democracy drunken enlightenment essay green inchiki news indigenous language music nerdy not flarf poetry Pλosm rant shop sitemap space tolerance tram uncategorised uni whimsy Category: democracy bitterness By inchiki August 12, 2019 democracy, rant, whimsy 0 Comments Looking back at some of my writing this website, I am coming to realise how naive I have been about human nature. They might sound outlandish, but I really was genuinely imagining future societies with interconnected internet democracy, a secular yet... [Continue reading...] the fire has escaped By alaric jones May 10, 2018 democracy, whimsy 0 Comments The sound track to this post is Anton’s new track “not blowing smoke up your ass” .. you should let it play in the background. Modern society is like a carefully calibrated engine. After centuries of experimentation, by the mid 20th... [Continue reading...] trumpian exceptionalism By inchiki December 29, 2017 democracy, essay 0 Comments Despite his ineffable charm, Trump has again been shown to be unpopular. What this suggests to me is that if his strategy is to remain in office past the next election, then he is not going to be able to rely on... [Continue reading...] World Government is Inevitable By inchiki December 15, 2017 democracy, essay, green 4 Comments The challenge for humanity in this century is to coordinate itself into a single organism. With the internet we now have the beginning of a central nervous system and are able to be conscious of the state of ourselves as a... [Continue reading...] Evolution or Revolution By alaric jones September 11, 2017 democracy, essay 0 Comments A meritocracy is a kind of evolution, a social evolution. Like biological evolution, its business is to reward the survivors, and winnow out the weak. It is a hard game but the rules are set by Nature herself. For all its... [Continue reading...] Trumpista phenomina By inchiki February 16, 2017 democracy, essay, tolerance, whimsy 0 Comments So here we are. This morning I woke up feeling optimistic for the first time in months. So I revisited this old draft post, and decided to make it live, even though things are moving on already. I live on twitter... [Continue reading...] Gaia is born of freedom By alaric jones June 23, 2016 democracy, essay, green 0 Comments Freedom is a very basic personal instinct. I think all creatures want to be free, free from fear and desire, free from hunger and pain. The protection of key personal freedoms has been central to the rise of civilisation, and this... [Continue reading...] Heil Φrasar! By alex swann May 16, 2014 democracy, rant 0 Comments Last night I saw the Right Hon Malcolm Fraser speaking at the ANU about his new book, Dangerous Allies, about the US influence in Australia. He described the current diplomatic core and bureaucracy as having been “duchessed” by the US, for... [Continue reading...] the running man – from Henry George to Aaron Swartz By alex swann January 12, 2014 copyright, democracy, essay, whimsy 0 Comments The internet mind is growing. It is sorting the threads of sticky intelligence, categorising memes, getting to know itself. There is not yet much policing of the internet. When it is established (probably after many turf wars) will it come from... [Continue reading...] Bob Brown at ANU By alex swann December 3, 2012 democracy, green 0 Comments I was lucky enough to hear Bob Brown, former Senator and Leader of the Australian Greens party, speak at the ANU Crawford School yesterday evening. I always admired Bob’s lonely contributions of sanity to parliamentary debates and have always voted Green... [Continue reading...] Open Democracy, and also, an idea for a floating space port By alaric jones October 27, 2012 democracy, essay, space, whimsy 1 Comment I often find myself speaking enthusiastically about Open Democracy to someone online or in person, only to discover that their attention seems to be focused on a little fleck of foam on my lip. At least, it seems as if that... 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