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posts like this are the worst for meaningful discussion. Imagine a person comes at you and dump all sort of thoughts about everything under the sun in one go, m
by nsonha 5y ago
posts like this are the worst for meaningful discussion. Imagine a person comes at you and dump all sort of thoughts about everything under the sun in one go, most of the time mixing informed opinions with those on fields they have no expertise in. Who are you, the president? An activist with no agenda (all of them)? A generic "scientist"? A wise person? I would run from that as quickly as I can.
I wouldn't assume a person doing that wants to have any conversation, they have a speech and just want a megaphone (an approving audience) to relay their speech.
- rpmisms 5y agoWith age (and accepted work) comes some amount of privilege to make broader statements with acceptance. I suspect Mr Stross is taking advantage of this quirk of sociology. I'd take the article with a pinch of salt—he's making some... interesting claims about COVID and the certainty of long-term effects, a little climate alarmism that's on the end of the bell curve, and a little bit more pessimism than I think is warranted. Weigh this against his experience, wisdom, and level of thought put into his work, and apply salt to taste.
- archsurface 5y agoI found it all quite shallow and pointless I'm afraid. The space commentary for example, I would expect you can find that information in a BBC or CNN article.