Yes, an absolute classic. A wide ranging and vibrant discussion in which we managed to cover:
- the scope for technology to solve global warning
- Colonising Mars and the likelihood of achieving nuclear fusion
- John's OCD, Seamus's mania and my "bog-standard depression"
- Status anxiety and life expectancy
- merits of service vs industrial vs agrarian economy
- The tyranny of all commercial organisations
- Buddhism/depression as survival mechanisms for the modern world
- House prices in London and Edinburgh
- The conditions required for communism to exist
Also note: I owe Seamus £20
2 comments:
can you elaborate? think i remember alarm clocks being mentioned but have no idea of context.
good point. there's a famous essay by E P Thompson which expands on this theme in the context of 19th century industrialisation...
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