lonestar50

so I'm just curious does he predict what happens next? Revolution ie the French? Societal collapse? A new society rising from the ashes of the old?

Father Forkhorn

To say I'm nervous would be a huge understatement. We're not just vapid, but we're also completely divided and polarized and the stakes are getting higher. Increasingly, neither side has less and less reason to desire compromise.

Father Forkhorn

He actually says to expect it to go along like this for awhile. He says decadent/stagnant societies can run on cruise control for quite some time just sort of dwindling away. I recall that he cites ancient Rome as a good example. It didn't really fall, it just sort of atrophied and got chipped away here and there by various barbarians.

One thing worth noting, though, is that he wrote it just before the pandemic hit. That might have significant effects.

Here's an interview that I caught a bit of:
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mrbb

do you really think there hasn't been a LOT of movies about SCI FI and space?
where have you been living??
Iron man series?, and all the take off of it?
they ,made billions of dollars over the past 10-20 yrs and millions of folks went to see them and still watch them,!

I really don't see any shortage in SCI FI movies at all
if anything, they made more of them now than ever and have the ability to do so with more advances in things they can create and make more realistic now than ever !

as for space, there are private parties building space ships now, NOT just governments
which didn;t happens yrs ago
its only now its happening!
IMO< if anything there is more space travel and interest now than ever
more countries that have things IN space , just look at how many satellite's are up there ?? space centers and??
I am not sure where your getting your views from, but its not from lack of folks having interest in space or SCI FI movies

Space will always be or for now any how
something ONLY the elite can afford, so, as such, most average folks don't spend all that much time or money learning too much about it, as they most likely will never afford to get there!
BUT they do buy movie tickets and they DO watch launches and so on, as much so now than ever if not more so?

Bocajnala

Give me a good western any day.

-Jake

CalHunter

Have you seen Concrete Cowboy with Idris Elba? It's not the traditional cowboy movie at all. It is based on a true story and has a very interesting history.