tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post8143481446496055190..comments2024-03-27T16:43:39.892-05:00Comments on A Good Story is Hard to Find: Good Story 127: Tuf VoyagingJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-4359445907686821292016-03-10T18:59:16.203-06:002016-03-10T18:59:16.203-06:00Haven't read the book, enjoyed the podcast! I ...Haven't read the book, enjoyed the podcast! I appreciated the earlier commen. Couple of things-- first, open borders only work if we don't have an extensive welfare state which extends to anyone within our borders. Second, Germany does have a negative growth rate; not quite in the demographic death spiral of Japan (more adult than infant diapers sold), and which Italy is approaching. NancyJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349920258661271415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-61914869364794085132016-03-09T09:11:24.835-06:002016-03-09T09:11:24.835-06:00I am midway through listening to In Our Time's...I am midway through listening to In Our Time's discussion of Utilitarianism. Boiled down it is the greatest good (happiness) for the greatest number of people. By looking at the mass of people instead of individuals, philosophers thought they could make ethics and morality into a science. Instead, as we know, grave evil came from it as attempts were made to apply it to government. Anyway, it Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-49123985976463256412016-03-08T17:09:07.284-06:002016-03-08T17:09:07.284-06:00I thoroughly enjoyed book for the most part. Havil...I thoroughly enjoyed book for the most part. Haviland Tuf is such a fun character. A vocabulary as large as the Oxford Dictionary employed wittily and sarcastically. The dialogue was just so good, that you would have to retrace what was just said. That and his protestations when his honor was impugned as a dishonest character. Although he was not clear as the driven snow when it came to how he Jeff Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892529674664589034noreply@blogger.com