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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.3.1

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3a. Eternity may be a valid concept for philosophical or theological debate, but is meaningless with respect to human affairs. Entropy aff...
Sunday, May 28, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.2.6

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2f. Time is a product; industry requires its quantification. The non-industrial can never view waiting as waste in and of itself. Observ...
Saturday, May 27, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.2.5

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2e. For Maximum Advantage, immediacy is a virtue. Those operating within other moral frameworks are indifferent to its demands as a mora...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.2.4

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2d. Older cultures view time in longer increments. Modern cultures are tools of the clock. Paradoxically, those living shorter identify...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.2.3

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2c. Individuals with a much lower life expectancy have less to lose than those anticipating otherwise. Maximum Advantage is never suitabl...
Sunday, May 21, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.2.2

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2b. Time is not just something to be measured by clocks. Time is also very psychological. Those conditioned towards impatience view time ...
Friday, May 19, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.2.1

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2a. Maximum Advantage demands haste. Speed is deemed efficient. Rapid closure is seen as desirable, but is it? Mistakes are more likely...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.1.5

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1e. Maximum Advantage is a siren better resisted than accommodated. Driven by its nature, the Technical Morality attempts to devour every...
Monday, May 15, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.1.4

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1d. As Maximum Advantage permeates, everything affected slumps . Human motivation is no exception. Efficiency becomes moral. Fighting i...
Saturday, May 13, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.1.3

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1c. Conflicts settled by machines requires no honor; hence it largely disappears in modern practice. Enemies have become things. Defeate...
Thursday, May 11, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.1.2

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1b. For civilization, struggle appears to be a constant condition. Only intensity varies. The machine has led paradoxically to both a decr...
Tuesday, May 09, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.1.1

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1a. Since the early days of the Industrial Revolution, the machine has been regarded the embodiment of power. The mechanical became ideali...
Sunday, May 07, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.0.0

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Part Six. On Maximum Advantage– 0. As discussed previously, Maximum Advantage is the effective morality for a technological society. By na...
Wednesday, May 03, 2006

MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE: The Technical Morality Revisited

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For the benefit of newer readers to this blog, and also due to the fact that the subject directly relates to the next installment of This Mo...
Tuesday, May 02, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Five

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Second Draft Part Five.Intro Part Five.1.1 Part Five.1.2 Part Five.1.3 Part Five.1.4 Part Five.2.1 Part Five.2.2 Part Five.2.3 Part Five.3.0...
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