Jane Jacobs Gone Horribly Horribly Wrong

I'm going to run a campaign set in a future asteroid belt, where the cunning bureaucrats of the Flora Trust District struggle to help the regional economies grow. It seems to me that every newly semi-independent colonial regions needs a non-mainstream economic theory, badly applied, so the people of the Trust are all ardent Jacobites, although the details of how they interpret her divine words differs from place to place (1). Each rock is treated as a semi-independent city-state and each rock, of course, has its own currency.

I guess this means I need to go reread Jacobs.

A question for those of you more familiar with her work: how are the obvious failure modes?


1: Instant background: This was in contrast to the crony capitalism and mafiya-style company feudalism back home and just popular enough to make subsidizing the colonies out in the belt worthwhile. They were isolating what they saw as an infection, without the unfortunate effects on their outstanding loans that just diappearing the Jacobites would have had.

Jane Jacobs Gone Horribly Horribly Wrong

I'm going to run a campaign set in a future asteroid belt, where the cunning bureaucrats of the Flora Trust District struggle to help the regional economies grow. It seems to me that every newly semi-independent colonial regions needs a non-mainstream economic theory, badly applied, so the people of the Trust are all ardent Jacobites, although the details of how they interpret her divine words differs from place to place (1). Each rock is treated as a semi-independent city-state and each rock, of course, has its own currency.

I guess this means I need to go reread Jacobs.

A question for those of you more familiar with her work: how are the obvious failure modes?


1: Instant background: This was in contrast to the crony capitalism and mafiya-style company feudalism back home and just popular enough to make subsidizing the colonies out in the belt worthwhile. They were isolating what they saw as an infection, without the unfortunate effects on their outstanding loans that just diappearing the Jacobites would have had.

Jane Jacobs Gone Horribly Horribly Wrong

I'm going to run a campaign set in a future asteroid belt, where the cunning bureaucrats of the Flora Trust District struggle to help the regional economies grow. It seems to me that every newly semi-independent colonial regions needs a non-mainstream economic theory, badly applied, so the people of the Trust are all ardent Jacobites, although the details of how they interpret her divine words differs from place to place (1). Each rock is treated as a semi-independent city-state and each rock, of course, has its own currency.

I guess this means I need to go reread Jacobs.

A question for those of you more familiar with her work: how are the obvious failure modes?


1: Instant background: This was in contrast to the crony capitalism and mafiya-style company feudalism back home and just popular enough to make subsidizing the colonies out in the belt worthwhile. They were isolating what they saw as an infection, without the unfortunate effects on their outstanding loans that just diappearing the Jacobites would have had.

When the Future Deviates from the Glorious Plan

CBC is running an interview with a segway fan, who is angry over the failure of society to accomodate this revolutionary transport device.

When the Future Deviates from the Glorious Plan

CBC is running an interview with a segway fan, who is angry over the failure of society to accomodate this revolutionary transport device.

When the Future Deviates from the Glorious Plan

CBC is running an interview with a segway fan, who is angry over the failure of society to accomodate this revolutionary transport device.

Historical Progress in Fantasy

OK: Halfgelled idea from teasing the Americans:

Is contemporary UK fantasy more concerned with progress and historical change than US?

What I mean is, you look at the Diskworld and it's in the middle of an industrial revolution. You look at Meiville's New Squick and it too seems to be (a somewhat Dickensian) early industrial society where the future may well be different from today, perhaps even better.

You look at Terry Brooks and his world is an endless retread of static societies fighting the same kind of pointless staged battles over and over.

Historical Progress in Fantasy

OK: Halfgelled idea from teasing the Americans:

Is contemporary UK fantasy more concerned with progress and historical change than US?

What I mean is, you look at the Diskworld and it's in the middle of an industrial revolution. You look at Meiville's New Squick and it too seems to be (a somewhat Dickensian) early industrial society where the future may well be different from today, perhaps even better.

You look at Terry Brooks and his world is an endless retread of static societies fighting the same kind of pointless staged battles over and over.

Historical Progress in Fantasy

OK: Halfgelled idea from teasing the Americans:

Is contemporary UK fantasy more concerned with progress and historical change than US?

What I mean is, you look at the Diskworld and it's in the middle of an industrial revolution. You look at Meiville's New Squick and it too seems to be (a somewhat Dickensian) early industrial society where the future may well be different from today, perhaps even better.

You look at Terry Brooks and his world is an endless retread of static societies fighting the same kind of pointless staged battles over and over.

The Horrible Paradox of Immortality

The first generation of immortals will be the one with no idea how to manage an immortal life and thanks to immortality, they will never go away. Since they are the oldest immortals, they may have a lock on running things.

Hrm. If only humans could alter their behavior in response to their environment.
Mind you, why should the people in charge change their behavior? They must know what they are doing or they wouldn't be running things.

The Horrible Paradox of Immortality

The first generation of immortals will be the one with no idea how to manage an immortal life and thanks to immortality, they will never go away. Since they are the oldest immortals, they may have a lock on running things.

Hrm. If only humans could alter their behavior in response to their environment.
Mind you, why should the people in charge change their behavior? They must know what they are doing or they wouldn't be running things.

The Horrible Paradox of Immortality

The first generation of immortals will be the one with no idea how to manage an immortal life and thanks to immortality, they will never go away. Since they are the oldest immortals, they may have a lock on running things.

Hrm. If only humans could alter their behavior in response to their environment.
Mind you, why should the people in charge change their behavior? They must know what they are doing or they wouldn't be running things.

Artificial torpor

Apparently they've induced hibernation in animals that don't normally hiberate.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4469793.stm

Artificial torpor

Apparently they've induced hibernation in animals that don't normally hiberate.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4469793.stm

Artificial torpor

Apparently they've induced hibernation in animals that don't normally hiberate.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4469793.stm

comic strip trivia

I'm looking for comic strips with a significant portion of the strips set in the workplace. I think for the moment I don't want ones where the worker works out of their home and I don't think I want crime strips, either.

comic strip trivia

I'm looking for comic strips with a significant portion of the strips set in the workplace. I think for the moment I don't want ones where the worker works out of their home and I don't think I want crime strips, either.

comic strip trivia

I'm looking for comic strips with a significant portion of the strips set in the workplace. I think for the moment I don't want ones where the worker works out of their home and I don't think I want crime strips, either.

What I Learned at Chapters

One of the LotR artists was present, doing a signing (Howe, I think). Canadians are a very orderly people.

Other things I noticed: "fat, bearded and shaved head" isn't as unique a look as I had hoped.

Robert J. Sawyer Books is a publishing imprint. There was a Karl Schroeder anthology with RJS as publisher. When did that happen?

What I Learned at Chapters

One of the LotR artists was present, doing a signing (Howe, I think). Canadians are a very orderly people.

Other things I noticed: "fat, bearded and shaved head" isn't as unique a look as I had hoped.

Robert J. Sawyer Books is a publishing imprint. There was a Karl Schroeder anthology with RJS as publisher. When did that happen?

What I Learned at Chapters

One of the LotR artists was present, doing a signing (Howe, I think). Canadians are a very orderly people.

Other things I noticed: "fat, bearded and shaved head" isn't as unique a look as I had hoped.

Robert J. Sawyer Books is a publishing imprint. There was a Karl Schroeder anthology with RJS as publisher. When did that happen?