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Fair point, definitely. Maybe I should say it's wise to soberly consider all the uses of something, even when its initial use case is something we happen to li
by goatcode 6y ago
Fair point, definitely. Maybe I should say it's wise to soberly consider all the uses of something, even when its initial use case is something we happen to like. A really decent sci fi novel that does some stuff around this question is "The Trigger" by Arthur C. Clarke: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117844.The_Trigger https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117844.The_Trigger
if anyone wants a good read on the subject. Risking a spoiler: it deals with the importance of the question from a couple of pretty compelling directions, by the end.
- Whitespace 6y agoAhh yes, with "soberly" being the operative word here. Is there a political variant of Buyer's Remorse? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyer%27s_remorse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyer%27s_remorse
- goatcode 6y agoI think it used to be Gallows Giddiness, but apparently we don't do that anymore.