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Pournelle Chart
The Pournelle chart, developed by Jerry Pournelle in his 1963 political science Ph.D. dissertation, is a Double-axis politics, two-dimensional coordinate system which can be used to distinguish List of political ideologies, political ideologies. It is similar to the political compass and the Nolan Chart in that it is a two-dimensional chart, but the axes of the Pournelle chart are different from those of other systems. The two axes are as follows: * The x-axis, "Attitude toward the State" (labeled statism), refers to a political philosophy's attitude toward the State (polity), state and centralized government. The farthest right is "state worship" and the farthest left represents the state as the "ultimate evil", preferring individual freedom. * The y-axis, "Attitude toward planned social progress" (labeled rationalism), refers to the extent which a political philosophy is compatible with the idea that Social issue, social problems can be solved by the use of reason. The top ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Jerry Eugene Pournelle (; August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he worked in the aerospace industry, but eventually focused on his writing career. In an obituary in ''Gizmodo'', he is described as "a tireless ambassador for the future." Pournelle's hard science fiction writing received multiple awards. In addition to his solo writing, he wrote several novels with collaborators including Larry Niven. Pournelle served a term as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Pournelle's journalism focused primarily on the computer industry, astronomy, and space exploration. From the 1970s until the early 1990s, he contributed to the computer magazine ''Byte (magazine), Byte'', writing from the viewpoint of an intelligent user, with the oft-cited credo, "We do this stuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
