Ian Welsh

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https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-role-of-character-and-ideology-in-prosperity/

Ian Welsh31m ago
Never thought I'd be rooting for an Islamic theocracy to win, writing that Ansar Allah is the most moral government in the world, and seeing Spain and Ireland being the only ethical nations in the entire Western world.
Ian Welsh1d ago

Prices for a lot of things are going to rise significantly soon, and in many cases there will be shortages or zero supply entirely. If you can, stock up now and check your power situation: is your country going to keep the grid functional?

https://www.ianwelsh.net/personal-consequences-of-the-iran-war/

Personal Consequences Of The Iran War – Ian Welsh

Ian Welsh3d ago
Reminder, this is the biggest geopol even of any of our lives. The Iran war is the end of the Global American Empire, it'll still be a regional great power for a while, but the Empire is dying as you watch.
Ian Welsh3d ago
Best thing I ever read about what a good economy is, is that it's when you can start a cat cafe with a bookshop and it's viable.
Ian Welsh3d ago

Ehrlich just underestimate how long a system can stay in overshoot before it crashes out.

The ecological version of "the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent."

The hate for him from tech bros is over-wrought. Climate change and ecological collapse exist.

Show threadIan Welsh3d ago
@count_01 I don't drink beer (rare genetic anomaly where all alcohol tastes awful), alas. But I've had luck with wine in stews and I figured I'd try beer.
Ian Welsh3d ago
What's the best type of beer to cook a pork stew or pot roast in?
Show threadIan Welsh4d ago

Gygax's productivity was unrivalled. Insane.

Stafford was productive, but he was creative in ways Gygax never was.

(Runequest's game system, however, is garbage.)

Show threadIan Welsh4d ago

the only RPG creator more important than Greg Stafford was Gary Gygax and only because he created and nurtured the industry. (Arneson's helped create D&D, but he didn't stick around and write the sourcebooks.)

D&D nerds who hate Gygax are ungrateful turds.

Ian Welsh4d ago
In other news that no one followed me to hear, the best RPG world is Glorantha, nothing else comes close and I will fight to the death for the truth of this opinion.