Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert and general troll, died yesterday at the age of 68. Dilbert was helpful in building my cynical resistance to the inanity of cube-farm life when I was in technical support in the 90’s. His book The Dilbert Principle also had some very good ideas on how businesses should be run in …
Category: Armchair Philosophy
Entries where I explore things from a higher perspective and try to apply wisdom from the past to the current day.
Uncle Josh Encounters Newspeak
Today I saw an announcement from the Python Software Foundation that they were withdrawing from a National Science Fund grant because the bigotry in the White House included language like this in the grant contract: “…do not, and will not during the term of this financial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote …
Uncle Josh on the Death of Donald Trump (clickbait, sort of)
To my knowledge, Trump is still alive. But I’ve been thinking about what will happen if he dies in office. The Heritage Foundation has to have a plan. They’ve been planning a corporate faschist takeover of the United States for 50 years and Project 2025 was the culmination of their efforts. I’ve been wondering how …
Uncle Josh Finds a Flaw in the Four Dystopias Model
I have said for a long time that the US is stuck between four dystopias, and I think the model is incomplete. The four dystopias are: 1984 – Big Brother is a totalitarian state that demands the citizens agree with whatever the government declares the truth. Leader Dearest’s lies and demands that people back him …
Uncle Josh on the Six Words again
I started a project earlier this year about Six Words, It kind of went away as I got distracted but I have been thinking about them, and today I answered a question or Reddit that brought them back to the forefront. Ultimately the question was about reputation. At least my answer was about reputation. For …