tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post4297757688056126002..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Questionable Friday: Let's Be Pleasant To One AnotherSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-56886625858849326032014-04-05T16:50:41.417-03:002014-04-05T16:50:41.417-03:00What? TNG-era Earth? The odds of dying in a fire a...What? TNG-era Earth? The odds of dying in a fire at your ancestral French vineyards are nearly 1 in 1!<br /> No thanks! I'll take my chances with the Cylons.Randalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-83518195281314047742014-04-04T16:40:49.442-03:002014-04-04T16:40:49.442-03:00I was thinking about that the other day: the first...I was thinking about that the other day: the first episode of TNG could be seen as the beginning of the end of an extended period of relative peace. It gets a bit rough after that!googumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17843267619711712271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-29814812245462885162014-04-04T13:46:49.216-03:002014-04-04T13:46:49.216-03:00I'm not sure that TNG-era Earth is sufficientl...I'm not sure that TNG-era Earth is sufficiently stable in that state; it looks more like an anomalous lull between the Cardassian and Dominion wars than the general state of Federation history, even leaving aside all of the other things wrong with their society. (The massive, massive overrepresentation of humans in the military should make one question how democratic the federation actually is in practice rather than theory, for example.)<br /><br />I think I'll take the Gallumaufrey from Foglio's Buck Godot for my pick.<br /><br />Jeff R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-87421592798281893932014-04-04T13:16:42.159-03:002014-04-04T13:16:42.159-03:00I'm afraid of what passes as culture in that f...I'm afraid of what passes as culture in that future, though I appreciate their ethos.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-32338119166309940792014-04-04T12:24:07.739-03:002014-04-04T12:24:07.739-03:00I'll take Bill & Ted's Excellent Futur...I'll take Bill & Ted's Excellent Future. An entire society built around "Be excellent to each other" and "Party on, dudes!" works for me.<br /><br />- Mike Loughlin Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-47069450306871367602014-04-04T07:09:20.580-03:002014-04-04T07:09:20.580-03:00Thanks! It's equal parts things I'm intere...Thanks! It's equal parts things I'm interested in (Trek) and things I would never ever be interested in (economics)!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-27999026283236472482014-04-04T06:37:24.228-03:002014-04-04T06:37:24.228-03:00Talk of TNG-era Earth reminds me of this piece I w...Talk of TNG-era Earth reminds me of this piece I was reading a while back, analyzing Star Trek as an example of a post-scarcity economy and looking at how the Federation society seen in TNG & DS9 could function as a followup to modernist social democracy, taking into account the various references used throughout the series. It strikes me as just the sort of read that would interest you:<br /><br />"The Economics of Star Trek: The Proto-Post Scarcity Economy"<br /><br />https://medium.com/editors-picks/29bab88d50Briannoreply@blogger.com