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> "My car can drive me to the closest local retailer without human intervention - 50%" How about "I need to drive to the closest local retailer without human i
by iso1631 5y ago
> "My car can drive me to the closest local retailer without human intervention - 50%"
How about "I need to drive to the closest local retailer without human intervention". In many cities there's already the ability to buy anything without leaving your home, hell even our village shop will deliver at short notice.
"A lot can happen in 10 years. In 10 years I could be unemployed, divorced, and an alcoholic. I could also have a PhD, billionaire, and married to Zendaya. And there’s a giant spectrum of possibilities between those two paths."
You could even be an unemployed alcoholic billionaire with a PHd who just got divorced from Zendaya
- gallerdude 5y ago> You could even be an unemployed alcoholic billionaire with a PHd who just got divorced from Zendaya My initial draft had a line really similar to that, great minds… Also, all things considered, I think that’d be a better than average outcome. Alcoholism and heartbreak can be overcome.
- abecedarius 5y agoClassic story re that last line: https://www.baen.com/Chapters/9781618249203/9781618249203___2.htm https://www.baen.com/Chapters/9781618249203/9781618249203___...
- tuatoru 5y agoThanks for that!