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- Anthony Watts Independent and irreverent look at the turbulent world of climate change
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- Brian Wang's NextBigFuture Optimistic Science & Technology Future Website
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- Black Book of Communism It’s Killed 100 million, and it’s not finished yet!
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- Climate Primer Layman’s Guide to Man-Made Climate Change
- Dysgenics by Richard Lynn 250 pp free ebook on decline of the global human genome
- Dysgenics by Volkmar Weiss 33 pp PDF document describing a natural cyclic tendency toward dysgenic collapse
- Early Childhood Curriculum by JD Garcia Powerful and unconventional underpinnings to understanding the world
- Economics in One Lesson Economics for a free people
- Ed Hoskins Energy, Climate documentation
- Engines of Creation Drexler’s Original Nanotech Manifesto
- Erik Curiel's Learning Philosophy One good way to learn philosophy
- Foundation Economic Education Library Online Education on Markets and Freedom
- Foundations of Morality (PDF) A clear secular ethics that is compatible with almost any religion
- Fukushima — The basic facts Fukushima FAQ
- Genetics of Violence Interesting collection of writings and videos on genes and violence
- Human Accomplishment 800 BC to 1950 CE Charles Murray’s masterpiece
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- John Taylor Gatto's Underground History of American Education (PDF Download) The Decline and Fall of American Education written by an award-winning teacher
- Julian Simon's Ultimate Resource The future is only limited by the human mind
- Kinematic Self Replicating Machines Online book by Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle
- Lindzen on Climate (PDF) A rational look at what is known about climate
- Mises Library Online The human economic condition
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- Neoreaction Resources Online readings and resources
- Nick Land's Dark Enlightenment The Dark Enlightenment Series
- Nuclear War Survival Skills How to Survive the Big One
- Orwell's 1984 A fictitious dark future that sometimes seems all too possible
- Popper: Logic of Scientific Discovery Popper’s classic text on growing sound science
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- Scientific Understanding of Consciousness Useful Gateway to Modern Research on Consciousness
- Survivor Library Files Survival/prepper file flood
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- The Industry Handbook Quick and useful overview of a number of industrial sectors for investors
- The Law Frederic Bastiat’s classic critique of socialism and democracy
- The Nuclear Energy Option Online Ebook Free online ebook by by Bernard L Cohen
- Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions On Scientific Paradigm Shifts
- Why Wind Won't Work Clear explanation of the many problems with wind energy in a 30 pp PDF document
Optimism
- Bjorn Lomborg Getting the facts straight
- Brian Wang's NextBigFuture Optimistic Science & Technology Future Website
- Grey Enlightenment Conservatively optimistic economics/finance
- John McCarthy: Sustained Progress How Scientific and Technological Progress can be Sustained
- Julian Simon Online works of Julian Simon, eternal optimist
- Lifeboat Foundation blog Blog of the futurist Lifeboat Foundation
- Matt Ridley Rational Optimism
- Mike Rowe Works Foundation Correcting the Skills gap
- Patri Friedman and Seasteading Projects of Patri Friedman, grandson of Milton, son of David
- Peter H. Diamandis' website X Prize, Singularity University, Planetary Resources, etc.
- Ray Kurzweil Kurzweil’s Singularity
- Robert Bryce Better Living Through Technology
- Seasteading Institute Quest for Free Living on the Oceans
- The Arts Mechanical An exploration of the technologies that affect our lives
Tag Archives: Africa
A Complex Family Heritage
The discovery of a new ancient human ancestor is still in its primitive stages. But early indicators hint that the ghost population shared a common ancestor with Neanderthals, modern humans and Denisovans around a million years ago. And at some … Continue reading
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Conscious Processes, Chocolate, and Strange Attractors
The panorama of evolutionary biology reveals evolved consciousness at many levels — from bacteria pursuing food to theoretical physicists performing mind experiments to determine the constituents of matter in the universe. The quality of inference varies widely between different species, … Continue reading
Where Electric Power is in Short Supply
In sub Saharan Africa, across MENA, and in large parts of Asia, many millions of people must live without reliable access to electric power. For most of these countries the problem is that the humans who live in these countries … Continue reading
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South African Power Company Eskom in Death Spiral
Eskom is now in a death or debt spiral – or arguably both – as it engages in a stand-off with the government. __ Antigone Miltiadous A few years after South Africa changed to a popular rule system of government, … Continue reading
The Future Belongs to Women of Child-Bearing Years
If your country has no women of child-bearing years, it has no future without massive immigration. But if you import large numbers of young people who are not compatible with your culture and your technological level of culture and infrastrucuture, … Continue reading
South Africa Walking Down Zimbabwe Path of Ruin
South Africa is repeating Zimbabwe’s fatal mistakes In neighbouring Zimbabwe, violent land seizures authorised by Robert Mugabe in the 1990s sent the country into a spiral of decline from which it has never recovered. __ Express In the documentary “Farmlands,” … Continue reading
Why Do Blacks Destroy Almost Everything They Inherit?
Is it really true that African blacks leave a trail of violence, poverty, and destruction wherever in the world they go? And if it is true, why? … no one will talk about the painful fact that most African and … Continue reading
What’s Holding Blacks Back?
It Feels Good to Be a Victim … blacks, inevitably, suffer from a classic post-colonial inferiority complex. Like insecure people everywhere, they are driven by a private sense of personal inadequacy to seeing imaginary obstacles to their success supposedly planted … Continue reading
Forced Sterilisation of African Women: Can We Stop It in Time?
If the people of one continent of Earth continue to pursue exponential population growth over the next century, the population of the planet could easily double or even triple. Radical environmentalists are feeling increasingly threatened by the inability of African … Continue reading
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You Say Wakanda; I See Zimbabwe
A recently released Marvel Comics fantasy film, Black Panther, is experiencing a brisk box office trade. By all accounts it is a rousing action film, with colorful costumes and striking computer special effects. But something interesting is happening in the … Continue reading
Are People with Low IQs Doomed to be Left Behind?
Lower intelligence is a limiting factor when it comes to education, employment, and economic success but IQ has nothing to do with dignity, friendliness, compassion, honesty and a host of other positive human attributes. Access to all the opportunities imaginable … Continue reading
Can Africa Rise Above Its Poverty and Low IQ?
Curse of Poverty and Low IQ The poverty of sub Saharan Africa is a perpetual problem which has long troubled western global analysts. Since the days of Albert Schweitzer, charitable persons and institutions from the advanced world have been lavishing … Continue reading
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Africa’s “Complex Transition” Into the Modern World
Darkest Africa and for Very Good Reasons When President Macron of France suggested that black Africa has “civilisational problems,” he was immediately attacked by the usual suspects of the politically correct mindset. But Macron was merely saying in a polite … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Demographics, Executive Functions, Fertility, Genetics and Gene Expression, IQ
Tagged Africa, Infrastructure
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Emerging Ghost Malls, Hotels, Office Buildings and Cities of Africa
We usually think of China when contemplating “ghost cities” and other ghost real estate properties. But the Chinese propensity to build infrastructure far in advance of actual demand is not limited to the Middle Kingdom. The Chinese Communist Party wants … Continue reading
Why Blacks Destroy Everything They Inherit
… no one will talk about the painful fact that most African and Caribbean nations have either failed or are about to collapse. __ Source From South Africa to Zimbabwe to Jamaica to Detroit to much of London, African blacks … Continue reading
Urban World Utopia or Global Dysgenic Idiocracy?
By 2050, the World’s urban population will have increased from 3.9 billion to 6.4 billion, resulting in 67% of the world’s population inhabiting urban areas, up from the current level of 54%. Clearly, urbanization is already occurring, and it is … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Anarchy, Demographics, Dysgenics, Idiocracy, Megacities, Slums, Utopia
Tagged Africa, Immigration, Megacities
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Ebola at a Glance
The first victim of the 2014 Ebola outbreak is thought to have died in December of 2013. (Source) The current outbreak is almost a year old. Why does the 2014 epidemic continue to drag on? Infections can be easily spread … Continue reading
Hells on Earth: Global Expansion of Slums, Crime, Hunger, Plague
Global slum populations are expected to double, from 1 billion up to 2 billion, over the next 15 years. (Source) By 2030, nearly 60 percent of the humans on this planet will live in a city, and within 100 miles … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Demographics, Epidemiology, Megacities, Slums
Tagged Africa, dysgenics, Idiocracy
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Nobel Prize Graphics
In many cases, the country of origin for a Nobel Laureate is different from the country where his important work was done. We can gain important information from both the country of origin, and the country of work and residence … Continue reading
Africa: Marching to Utopia, They are Almost There
Beginning around 2010, the world’s mainstream pundits began to sing a triumphant refrain. They called it “The African Miracle,” and declared a new and booming Africa, a world investment magnet for the smart global investor. The song is still being … Continue reading
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