Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

[Higgenbotham]

She asked me what I thought of AI. I said the first thing that comes to mind with regard to any new technology is whether you believe the civilization is on the ascent or the decline. If you believe the civilization is on the ascent, and you are right about that, then AI will probably on net be a positive and force for good. However, if you believe that the civilization is on the decline...at which point she interjected, "Oh, definitely!"...and then I finished my thought.

If they really believe that, they really believe they wanted to distinguish their videos that are fake from ours that are genuine, then they would leave that up in the corner. But they don’t. They’re just doing that because they think it gives them some legal pretension and that they can fall back and say, well, we warn people legally, and then you can’t sue them.

The other thing is they try to exploit our video. So, they will put headlines with the F-U-word, the F-bomb, and they’ll put it as the headline. Or they’ll say Hanson attacks JD Vance or Hanson does this when we don’t do that. We don’t try to get clicks by being controversial. We try to get audiences by trying to inform them and bring history, politics, sociology, literature, all within a unique package for the erudition and entertainment of our audience.

The final thing is there’s no laws against us that I can tell. I’ve had legal counsel and they’re doing their best, but X won’t take them down. And YouTube argues and Google argues. So, apparently, the Silicon Valley brotherhood feels that these people who must have learned their skills out of that nexus, they’re not doing anything wrong. They’re just taking a product.

But whoever they are, they’re doing things that are bad and wrong, and they should be stopped.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/29/ ... 715053fabd

There are Jordan Peterson AI copycats also, and probably many others. They should be stopped, but they probably won't be stopped in any way that is permanent...as the new dark age tightens its grip.

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Harvard Professor Calls Out University’s ‘Exclusion Of White Males’ In Scathing Public Resignation

A history professor who has taught at Harvard for 40 years is publicly calling out the Ivy League school over race-based hiring and admissions policies, a “shocking indifference” to antisemitism, and for its eroding commitment to teaching students about Western history.

“In reviewing graduate student applicants in the fall of 2020 I came across an outstanding prospect who was a perfect fit for our program. In past years this candidate would have risen immediately to the top of the applicant pool. In 2021, however, I was told informally by a member of the admissions committee that ‘that’ (meaning admitting a white male) was ‘not happening this year.'” Hankins said such treatment was not confined to Harvard. After making inquiries with colleagues, he determined that the same “unspoken protocol” was being followed all across the nation.

“When late liberal pedagogy replaced Western civilization courses with global history, serious harm was done to the socialization of young Americans. When you don’t teach the young what civilization is, it turns out, people become uncivilized,” Hankins wrote.

“It should by now be evident why Harvard and its ‘peer’ institutions in the Ivy-Plus category do not offer fertile ground for a new flowering of courses in the Western tradition,” Hankins wrote. “Many now believe that our civilization is on the point of collapse, but few seem willing to take the steps necessary to preserve it.”

https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/02/harv ... signation/

Once professors at Harvard talk about Western civilization being at the point of collapse, we are well past the point of collapse.

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Unpacking the Epidemic of Parental Estrangement
The generation that was scared of their parents is now scared of their children.
Posted May 19, 2024

Experts are reporting that we may be in an epidemic of adult children cutting off contact with their parents. In one recent study, researchers found that 26 percent of young adults are estranged from their fathers, and six percent are estranged from their mothers. The parents report that these estrangements often happen without notice or explanation, leaving them feeling deeply hurt and in the dark.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog ... trangement

The Disturbingly Common Reason So Many Adult Kids Are Choosing To Become Estranged From Their Parents
I was ahead of the trend when I decided to go “low contact” with my mother 20 years ago.
McKenna Meyers
Written on Oct 27, 2024

I recently had a disturbing experience that many others will undoubtedly face in years to come. Two of my co-workers came to me on separate occasions, needing to unburden themselves after their adult children decided to disconnect from them. Their grownup kids, like an increasing number of millennials and Gen-Z chose the nuclear option and went “no contact” with their parents.

One study found that 7 percent of adult children were estranged from their mothers while a whopping 27 percent were alienated from their fathers. In recent years, though, these unsettling numbers have surely grown as it’s become more socially acceptable for millennials and Gen-Z to cut parents out of their lives.

https://www.yourtango.com/heartbreak/re ... trangement

the ten commandments honor thy father and mother

AI Overview

"Honor your father and your mother" is the fifth commandment, found in Exodus 20:12 and Deuteronomy 5:16, instructing children to show respect, obedience, and care for their parents, with a promise of long life and well-being. It's the first commandment with a promise, signifying that honoring parents reflects honoring God and builds stable families and societies.

Key Aspects of Honoring Parents:
Respect & Esteem: Treating parents as important ("heavy" or weighty in Hebrew).
Obedience: Children should obey parents, though this is balanced with honoring God above all.
Care: Providing for parents, especially as they age, and showing gratitude.
Communication: Being honest and avoiding disrespect, interruption, or contradiction.
Promise: The blessing of a long life and prosperity in the land, representing God's favor and a stable community.

Biblical Context:
New Testament: The Apostle Paul reiterates this in Ephesians 6:1-3, calling it the "first commandment with a promise".
Jewish Law: Emphasizes duties like not sitting in a father's place or contradicting him, applying equally to mothers.

In essence, honoring parents is a foundational principle for a righteous life, linking respect for earthly parents to reverence for God, our Heavenly Father.

This in my opinion is fundamentally indicative of a breakdown in this civilization.

As previously mentioned, I am not a very religious person, but this stuff is just basic to a good life, a life well lived. My father made sure he was there when I entered this world and I made sure I was there when both of my parents exited this world. I look at it as a fundamental duty to do so. My parents weren't perfect and I didn't expect them to be. People who aren't there when their parents exit this world because they have cut them off are going to have real problems. Besides the fact that family members are going to need each other...as the new dark age tightens its grip.

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dominant milankovitch cycle

AI Overview

The dominant Milankovitch cycle driving ice ages has shifted over time, with the ~41,000-year obliquity (axial tilt) cycle dominant for much of the last 2.5 million years, but the ~100,000-year eccentricity (orbital shape) cycle became dominant in the last 800,000 years, influencing glacial periods.

While all three cycles (eccentricity, obliquity, precession) affect incoming solar radiation, the 100,000-year eccentricity cycle, linked with precession (~20,000 years), now paces major ice ages, despite the 41,000-year tilt cycle still playing a role.

Key Milankovitch Cycles

Eccentricity (Orbit Shape): Changes Earth's orbit from nearly circular to slightly elliptical over ~100,000 and ~400,000-year cycles, affecting total solar energy received.
Obliquity (Axial Tilt): Varies Earth's axial tilt (related to seasons) every ~41,000 years, altering summer/winter intensity.
Precession (Axial Wobble): Earth's slow wobble changes the timing of seasons relative to its orbit, with cycles around ~19,000-26,000 years (often simplified to ~20,000 years).

Dominance Over Time

Before ~800,000 years ago: The ~41,000-year obliquity cycle seemed to pace ice ages.
Last 800,000 years: The ~100,000-year eccentricity cycle became the primary driver for glacial-interglacial cycles, often working with precession.

Why the Shift? (The 100,000-Year Problem)

While the 41,000-year tilt cycle is strong, the ~100,000-year eccentricity cycle's dominance for the last million years, despite its weaker direct effect, is known as the "100,000-year problem".
The interplay of these cycles, particularly how eccentricity modulates precession's influence on high-latitude summer insolation, drives the larger ice age patterns, notes Skeptical Science.

There might be something similar happening with the generational cycles. The 80 year cycle has been dominant. The most recent crisis concluded in 1945. After nearly 20 years of extend and pretend, it appears the current crisis may just be getting started.