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Gee, I wonder what could go wrong with this vision.
by mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
Gee, I wonder what could go wrong with this vision.
- philipswood 8y agoLol! ;-) Um... Exactly! I don't think real world problems are solved, we just exchange them for different ones. You hope to go from: "there is no software for my platform" to "there is so much software for my platform it is hard to find a perfect fit" or "I'm so poor I can't afford to eat" to "I struggle to find an investment banker that I like to handle my investments". Our current situation is sort of a consequence of: Imagine a world where beasts of burden don't toil under the hot sun - where machines powered by refined oil products allow for the cultivation of crops, feeding millions. Where machines relieve people of brutish work, freeing them for more satisfying and valuable pursuits. Where durable and strong materials can be made cheaply from petroleum-based products that millions of households can enjoy. Where hundreds of millions of people can be fed using more efficient agriculture that uses chemically produced fertilizer.... And so on and so forth...