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18 years ago
Interviewed by Altage
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I'll respond by asking you a couple personal questions. If I already know you well, expect the questions to be a little more intimate!
3. Then you update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
1. Describe your ideal society, making allowances for real world considerations such as government, an economy, and so on.
Anarcho environmental marxism. Whilst I recognise the value of laws and the value of making them absolute, the problem with that is that those hard lines are defined by... 'political individuals' or fanatics.
I suppose what I'd rather see is a set of flexible guidelines and doctrine (as opposed to obscure dogma) which espouse moderation, personal honour, the practicalities of altruism, the importance of working with the environment instead of against it and valuing the life and individuality of all - whether or not you like it. Matters of faith must not be dictated and nor may they be allowed to dictate politics. Even the mere suggestion that faith rather than fact influenced a politician's decision should be seen as a shame and a dishonour. The government must also be willing to say that it was wrong when new facts come to light, without shame. People must accept this fallibility as inevitable. Scientce and politics must be transparent for this to work.
So what I have is a bunch of hippies in a field, waiting to die of typhoid and starvation? Well no. I don't beleive the above principles are incompatible with an urbanised society. For one thing, more people in cities is less people fouling up the countryside. Technology is the saviour of man and beast alike. A ten-acre facility which uses space three-dimentionally to grow genetically improved hydroponic crops and vat-cloned meat is worth a hundred acres where nature has been driven back and pushed that little bit further to collapsing point. Happier, healthier people, better economics. Birth control should be seen as a social responsibility. Defense and deterrance a sad necessity.
Well anyway, that's what I think at the moment. Tomorrow, I'll probably have changed my mind. z: )
2. Describe your ideal home.
Well, it would have to be interesting. Floors and ceilings different heights. Railings around raised platforms. Ladders. Tubes. A balcony with a beautiful view and perhaps a hot tub. A cosy loft with shaded, one-way mirrored glass to view the sky through. Not too much open space. Differing balances of light, shade and colour. Some rooms would have to be soundproofed. Some rooms would be fully padded, like one big beanbag or pillow. Partly underground. Possibly camoflauged. Five different ways of getting from any one place to another - varying grades of difficulty.
3. What superhuman abilities would you choose to possess, and to what ends would you use them? What would your weaknesses be?
Super speed, the ability to project and influence energy and syringes full of 'medication.' I'd fight for peace. and free love.
I suppose my weakness would be almost normal vulnerabilities (the super speed would require some upgrading on the basic chassis) along with my romantic social conscience.
4. If it came down to it, would you choose death or enslavement?
Tough one. Death'd be tempting, but it precludes the possibility of making a useful contribution towards ending that situation. Even if all I could hope to do with my life is pass on some memetics which aid future generations to organise against and overcome the slavers.
5. And, to end on something fluffy, what would you do if you had five million pounds (That's pounds sterling, for our foreign viewers) and only forty-eight hours in which to spend it?
I'd arranged to pay off the mortgages of as many people as I could (my parents, your parents, Spikee's parents, etc,) and if possible, a place of my own (if there's one I can quickly nab, preferably one that'd been derelict for a while) whilst ordering the stuff I'd like (ten nine-bars, a shit-hot computer, plus some super-cool guitar equipment, which would in all come to less than twenty grand at most.)
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I'll respond by asking you a couple personal questions. If I already know you well, expect the questions to be a little more intimate!
3. Then you update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
1. Describe your ideal society, making allowances for real world considerations such as government, an economy, and so on.
Anarcho environmental marxism. Whilst I recognise the value of laws and the value of making them absolute, the problem with that is that those hard lines are defined by... 'political individuals' or fanatics.
I suppose what I'd rather see is a set of flexible guidelines and doctrine (as opposed to obscure dogma) which espouse moderation, personal honour, the practicalities of altruism, the importance of working with the environment instead of against it and valuing the life and individuality of all - whether or not you like it. Matters of faith must not be dictated and nor may they be allowed to dictate politics. Even the mere suggestion that faith rather than fact influenced a politician's decision should be seen as a shame and a dishonour. The government must also be willing to say that it was wrong when new facts come to light, without shame. People must accept this fallibility as inevitable. Scientce and politics must be transparent for this to work.
So what I have is a bunch of hippies in a field, waiting to die of typhoid and starvation? Well no. I don't beleive the above principles are incompatible with an urbanised society. For one thing, more people in cities is less people fouling up the countryside. Technology is the saviour of man and beast alike. A ten-acre facility which uses space three-dimentionally to grow genetically improved hydroponic crops and vat-cloned meat is worth a hundred acres where nature has been driven back and pushed that little bit further to collapsing point. Happier, healthier people, better economics. Birth control should be seen as a social responsibility. Defense and deterrance a sad necessity.
Well anyway, that's what I think at the moment. Tomorrow, I'll probably have changed my mind. z: )
2. Describe your ideal home.
Well, it would have to be interesting. Floors and ceilings different heights. Railings around raised platforms. Ladders. Tubes. A balcony with a beautiful view and perhaps a hot tub. A cosy loft with shaded, one-way mirrored glass to view the sky through. Not too much open space. Differing balances of light, shade and colour. Some rooms would have to be soundproofed. Some rooms would be fully padded, like one big beanbag or pillow. Partly underground. Possibly camoflauged. Five different ways of getting from any one place to another - varying grades of difficulty.
3. What superhuman abilities would you choose to possess, and to what ends would you use them? What would your weaknesses be?
Super speed, the ability to project and influence energy and syringes full of 'medication.' I'd fight for peace. and free love.
I suppose my weakness would be almost normal vulnerabilities (the super speed would require some upgrading on the basic chassis) along with my romantic social conscience.
4. If it came down to it, would you choose death or enslavement?
Tough one. Death'd be tempting, but it precludes the possibility of making a useful contribution towards ending that situation. Even if all I could hope to do with my life is pass on some memetics which aid future generations to organise against and overcome the slavers.
5. And, to end on something fluffy, what would you do if you had five million pounds (That's pounds sterling, for our foreign viewers) and only forty-eight hours in which to spend it?
I'd arranged to pay off the mortgages of as many people as I could (my parents, your parents, Spikee's parents, etc,) and if possible, a place of my own (if there's one I can quickly nab, preferably one that'd been derelict for a while) whilst ordering the stuff I'd like (ten nine-bars, a shit-hot computer, plus some super-cool guitar equipment, which would in all come to less than twenty grand at most.)
...Damn. z: )
Oh, I see what you mean! ^^