Comments on: The Post-Apocalypse Survival Machine Nerd Farm

By: Buckethead

Buckethead — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:51:39 +0000

I loved that book, but long ago lost my copy. I should get one. Right about now I need a solid dose of techno-optimism. My humors are in disarray.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:54:49 +0000

Ooh, Jerry Pournelle’s A Step Farther Out: Survival with Style is available on Kindle.

By: Leave A. Reply

Leave A. Reply — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:10:44 +0000

Ahh, sadness. Ideas get all twisted out of shape. Private enterprise space ventures are being criticized by Republicans, and Jerry Pournelle’s idea of going “A Step Farther Out: Survival with Style” is being forgotten in exchange for people “living in abject poverty… to demonstrate that people can live without the help of corporations”.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:59:16 +0000

I'm actually quite sympathetic to the notion of rebooting civilization in case of disaster — but you have to recognize that self-sufficiency is poverty. In case of societal collapse, mere poverty is better than the alternative, but we shouldn't confuse an insurance policy with a path to prosperity. A more direct answer to your question though is that I simply forgot to tip my hat to Nyrath's Twitter feed.

By: Wobbly

Wobbly — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:42:48 +0000

These guys were doing something interesting with their brick press a couple of years ago, but I stopped tracking them. How did they come onto your radar?