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Linkfest 2020-12-18: Shannon Edition

“Bit Player:” desecrating the memory of Claude Shannon Scott Locklin has a bit to say about the legacy of Claude Shannon in his characteristically dyspeptic way. I have never ceased to be amazed by the fundamental inventiveness of the 1930s. The transformation of America, and then the world, in the

John J. Reilly on Joe Haldeman's Forever Peace

John J. Reilly’s review of Joe Haldeman’s Forever Peace [Amazon link] contains a remarkable digression on the economics of abundance. John wrote it twenty two years ago, and if anything it only gets better with age. Read it for yourself. Then there is the economics of abundance. In

Re-reading Paxton Locke

I’ve got an ARC of The Sacred Radiance, book 4 in the Paxton Locke series [Silver Empire affiliate link] by Daniel Humphreys, and I felt like it would be fun to run through the three previous volumes again before I get into it. Spoiler alert: it was. In my

The Long View 2008-02-27: Killer Robots, Giant Snakes, McCain's Necessity, Pournelle's Fallacy

The widespread use of drones in combat has been talked about for decades, but still hasn’t quite happened. The recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh may be how that long mooted future finally comes about. Killer Robots, Giant Snakes, McCain's Necessity, Pournelle's Fallacy Landmines are no substitute

The Long View 2008-02-25: Spenglers False & True

John J. Reilly mentions here his extended review of Amaury De Riencourt’s The Coming Caesars. An updated version of the book came out in 2013, but the original was published in 1957. Like John, I am struck by de Riencourt’s outsider’s assessment of America. Spenglers False &

Linkfest 2020-12-11: Eggnog, Risk Tolerance, and Hinges

The HobbitHouse Ilustrated Glossary of Woodworking terms Good Thomist that I am, I find a clear set of terms marvelous for clear thinking Dietrich Vollrath: When did productivity growth slow down? Total factor productivity, and the lack of growth thereof, is a common theme on With Both Hands. “O Magnum

Unmasked: Song of Karma Book 2 by Ben Cheah

Unmasked: Song of Karma book 2 [Silver Empire affiliate link] ended up being a very 2020 book. While the events of this book are simply the inevitable consequences of everything that was setup in Hollow City, it feels very much like today with a highly politicized trial of a police