PinnedRussell SalsburyinILLUMINATION-CuratedCapitalism Uses High Tech To Mire You In Lifetime DebtAn oligarchy of billionaires, corporations, banks, high tech, and the government conspire to take all your wealth·9 min read·Apr 23, 2024--21--21
PinnedRussell SalsburyinCoping with CapitalismWhy Capitalism is Dead and Its Heir is Neo-feudalismThe new barons are corporate psychopaths who care not a whit about fairness or social justice·9 min read·Apr 17, 2024--73--73
PinnedRussell SalsburyinPredictWorld Travel in 2050Why spend two days or more at airports and on airplanes just to arrive wiped out from jetlag?·5 min read·Feb 16, 2024--5--5
PinnedRussell SalsburyinPolitically SpeakingHow Democracies DieThe process can be subtle and often gradual until we wake up with no freedoms and no rights·7 min read·Mar 19, 2023--9--9
Russell SalsburyThe biggest problem I see with solar power stations in MEO is moving the power from an equatorial…I have done a bit of research, but no answers that convince me that solar power from satellites is economically viable:1 min read·3 days ago----
Russell SalsburyinPredictTime to Drive a Stake Through the Heart of FusionFifty years ago fusion power was a couple of decades away. Today it still is·10 min read·May 26, 2024--10--10
Russell SalsburyinCoping with CapitalismAmerican Democracy is Dying at the Hands of PsychopathsThe Internet is their tool of oppression and finance their shackles·8 min read·Apr 1, 2024--21--21
Russell SalsburyStrong Women, Rogues, and Poachers: a Family HistoryThe World My Great Grandmother Knew·9 min read·Mar 16, 2024--9--9
Russell SalsburyinPredictThorCon Power Takes a Hammer to Nuclear ConstructionA design from the days of Eisenhower has convinced this nuclear skeptic that it might be the real thing·6 min read·Mar 12, 2024--3--3
Russell SalsburyBullshit Jobs Eat Away Mental HealthIf your job can be replaced by a doorbell you have a bullshit job·8 min read·Mar 7, 2024--4--4