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The crazy thing is, we are extremely close to becoming those godlike aliens. We can now simulate most biological processes, and the technology to simulate even
by aeternum 7y ago
The crazy thing is, we are extremely close to becoming those godlike aliens.
We can now simulate most biological processes, and the technology to simulate even more is quickly approaching. What will be world be like when we can execute centuries of trial and error in milliseconds?
- Razengan 7y agoWe would still have to solve the politics of applying those technological advances uniformly rather than the benefit of a relatively small percentage of the species. > The crazy thing is, we are extremely close to becoming those godlike aliens. Yes, I also actually worry about the possibility that the first alien civilization we meet may be less advanced than us, and the greedy fucks among us will exploit them the same way they do their fellow humans.
- lewaldman 7y ago> We would still have to solve the politics of applying those technological advances uniformly rather than the benefit of a relatively small percentage of the species. This is solved already... Capitalism makes it work across time. (What is discovered now will with most certainty be available specie-wide in a couple of decades... and it's accelerating).
- aeternum 7y agoCapitalism is the best we have so far, and I am very pro-capitalist, but it is far from an ideal solution. There is lots of unfairness and non-uniformity in the system, for example where you are born matters much more than it should.