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> Is there a "Class 3" coming along? Quite possibly. There is a class of problems to deal with when technology has outlived its usefulness and must be gotten ri
by sudhirj 5y ago
> Is there a "Class 3" coming along?
Quite possibly. There is a class of problems to deal with when technology has outlived its usefulness and must be gotten rid of. Coal power arguably has Class 3 problems now.
There are also Class 0 problems, like fusion, where just getting things off the ground is difficult.
- dsr_ 5y ago"[Dis-]Graceful termination" and "Theory-to-practice" are good names for those problems. They supply useful context and are not ambiguous. Class 1: medical devices, explosives, renewable energy credits, depreciable property, lasers, streetcars, UK national insurance, railroads, electronics, felonies... If you're going to coin a term, make it a good one.