We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.
Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]
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Fairweather followers Some of the so-called faithful are shamefully unwilling to put up with just a teensy-weensy bit of discomfort for the sake of Gaia:
World-renowned polar explorers and educators, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, today suspended their historic expedition to the North Pole seven days in, citing severe safety concerns due to a combination of damaged gear, frostbite and extreme cold.
The goal of this year’s expedition has been to raise awareness among students and adults worldwide on the impact of global warming on the Arctic region.
Mind you, it could have been worse. If there was such a thing as global cooling they would have died from heatstroke.
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Who Are We? The Samizdata people are a bunch of sinister and heavily armed globalist illuminati who seek to infect the entire world with the values of personal liberty and several property. Amongst our many crimes is a sense of humour and the intermittent use of British spelling.
We are also a varied group made up of social individualists, classical liberals, whigs, libertarians, extropians, futurists, ‘Porcupines’, Karl Popper fetishists, recovering neo-conservatives, crazed Ayn Rand worshipers, over-caffeinated Virginia Postrel devotees, witty Frédéric Bastiat wannabes, cypherpunks, minarchists, kritarchists and wild-eyed anarcho-capitalists from Britain, North America, Australia and Europe.
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They have finally become self-mocking.
All challenge is gone.
These days unfortunately global warming awareness is used to attract sponsorship which is how explorers pay for what they do. A quote from one of my favourite Arctic travellers Canadian Jerry Kobalenko in an article about his forthcoming expedition following in the footsteps of Frederic Cook will show that there are more sensible voices out there.
They are indeed beyond parody now.
But I can still make fun of them for being cowards.
One for you, Thaddeus:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_6430000/newsid_6432500/6432575.stm
Vaguely relevant, I promise.
“[I]t could have been worse. If there was such a thing as global cooling they would have died from heatstroke.”
Snrk! Coffee out the nose! EXCELLENT!!
Julie