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I gradually stop seeing this as a war just for the freedom of the Ukrainian people. This is a war for the progress of humanity. A war between the new and old wo

I gradually stop seeing this as a war just for the freedom of the Ukrainian people. This is a war for the progress of humanity. A war between the new and old worlds. With more breakthroughs in nuclear fusion energy and policies [1], the gradual adoption of nuclear (as well as EV tech) will soon mark the end of old world. The implication of this is beyond anything anyone can conceive as we do not truly know what becoming a Tier 1 civilisation means. This could also mean new military tech that would render all existing fossil-fuel-based weapon systems inefficent things of the past. In this new world social mobility would mean different things too (as energy gets cheaper (which is the cost of pretty much every basic thing a modern industrial society depends on), things get more decentralized), old status quos will crumble as the cost-to-transform skyrockets. Systems that come with top-down execution structure always optimize for cost-to-execute and not cost-to-transform [2]. This would give you advantages eg in a Nash equilibrium, etc, but it also means losing touch with the every-changing reality that is the world now. [1]: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=true&query=nuclear&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28331939 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28331939

onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
Even if ITER finished today and worked - aren't we still AT LEAST 15 years away from Fusion energy being cheaper than solar? It seems like the current renewable trend will phase out most fossil fuels BEFORE the most optimistic timeline for Fusion energy being a viable alternative.
- archibaldJ 5y ago
  Well.. Do not underestimate the incompetence blighting this world and the potentials and ingenuity in people that want to change. That's what I like to remind myself in uncertain times.
ck2 5y ago
It's less a war than a temper tantrum by the world's only mafia-country trillionaire, facing his own guaranteed death soon turning 70 And he doesn't have to "win" via occupation, all he has to do is destroy the place setting it back decades. If any country undoes all the sanctions and seized property while he's still alive, he's "won". He doesn't care about the lives on either side and there will never be justice for that even if he ends up hung by his own people (impossible fantasy outcome). Imagine how even more destructive he'd be if he had unlimited "free" power via fusion, I am really certain fusion will initially cause more war than stop them because the money saved will go into military spending and once you have that buildup, someone always wants to put it to use.
Nemrod67 5y ago
This is just the latest battlefield in the Culture War we are fighting free-for-all.

onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago

Even if ITER finished today and worked - aren't we still AT LEAST 15 years away from Fusion energy being cheaper than solar? It seems like the current renewable trend will phase out most fossil fuels BEFORE the most optimistic timeline for Fusion energy being a viable alternative.

archibaldJ 5y ago
Well.. Do not underestimate the incompetence blighting this world and the potentials and ingenuity in people that want to change. That's what I like to remind myself in uncertain times.

ck2 5y ago

It's less a war than a temper tantrum by the world's only mafia-country trillionaire, facing his own guaranteed death soon turning 70 And he doesn't have to "win" via occupation, all he has to do is destroy the place setting it back decades. If any country undoes all the sanctions and seized property while he's still alive, he's "won". He doesn't care about the lives on either side and there will never be justice for that even if he ends up hung by his own people (impossible fantasy outcome). Imagine how even more destructive he'd be if he had unlimited "free" power via fusion, I am really certain fusion will initially cause more war than stop them because the money saved will go into military spending and once you have that buildup, someone always wants to put it to use.

Nemrod67 5y ago

This is just the latest battlefield in the Culture War we are fighting free-for-all.