3 ms·

aha, this is really something. I just got around to watching "Furiosa" last night. So something like having a personal "history man" (although, my take on the w

aha, this is really something. I just got around to watching "Furiosa" last night. So something like having a personal "history man" (although, my take on the whole Mad Max series is that it's just bottled up fear-porn about white settlers going uncivilized and becoming "tribal" - a colonial horror tale, "The Heart of Darkness" with motorcycles - common anywhere a relatively small group spread themselves out on a lot of ill-gotten land, did some nasty deeds and lost touch with the mothership). In the Furiosa context, it's a bit like a medicine man or shaman, then. A private, unreliable source of verbal hand me downs, whose main utility is to make elites feel like they have access to knowledge without needing to acquire it for themselves or question its veracity. We really are entering a new dark age.

mycall 2y ago
> We really are entering a new dark age. All the indicators are there: Instead of leaders like Charlemagne who unified the Frankish domain, stabilized society, and promoted education and culture, we now have leaders who want to dismantle society, education and use culture for wars. Long-distance ocean trade routes since the 1950s have taken international commerce to another level for humans, but this is being challenged now by aging/leaking tankers, unruly piracy at transit choke points, communication cable destruction, etc. Loss of interest in classical learning and the arts where dystopian, murder or horror movies, music and books now are the best sellers as WW3 seems to be on many people's minds now. While innovations are still occurring for improved navigation and agricultural productivity, the Earth's ecosystem collapse is in full effect. I wish it could reversed somehow.