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Starship, AI and now anti-aging - It seems like 2023 is the year of sci-fi tropes. My pet theory is that Haim Eshed was right and there is a secret cabal of peo

by ian0 3y ago

Starship, AI and now anti-aging - It seems like 2023 is the year of sci-fi tropes. My pet theory is that Haim Eshed was right and there is a secret cabal of people in touch with post scarcity aliens with a cornucopia of fancy tech - but then they (in true sci-fi trope fashion) left the implementation to a committee of popular sci-fi novelists ... All we need now is for boston dynamics to release their mech-warrior line...

tsunamifury 3y ago
I’ve thought about this a few times and I came to the conclusion that when you become a billionaire you become that alien to humanity. You are so far removed from average peoples needs you take on a fully alien mindset
- LewisVerstappen 3y ago
  Is it “when you become a billionaire” or is that mentality the reason you became one in the first place
ta988 3y ago
Their robots can't even walk by the sea without being slowly destroyed by salt (and they are not really adapted to sand walking). So we are far.
nico 3y ago
“The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet” - William Gibson
- spaceman_2020 3y ago
  “Apple Vision Pro, only $3,500”
  - kirubakaran 3y ago
    Quite fitting, as Gibson originally said that line after experiencing a VR demo https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/01/24/future-has-arrived/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/01/24/future-has-arrived/
  - x86x87 3y ago
    3499. Stop exaggerating /s
    - bikson 3y ago
      From. Do I bet without power bank.
  - netsharc 3y ago
    On the flip side, overheating destroying crops and pushing heat past wet-bulb temperatures. Although mostly not in the rich West yet...
    - the_third_wave 3y ago
      I´ll take your negative and raise a positive: Substantial global progress has been made in reducing childhood mortality since 1990. The total number of under-5 deaths worldwide has declined from 12.8 million in 1990 to 5 million in 2021. Since 1990, the global under-5 mortality rate has dropped by 59%, from 93 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 to 38 in 2021. Globally, the number of neonatal deaths also declined, from 5.2 million in 1990 to 2.3 million in 2021. https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-details/GHO/child-mortality-and-causes-of-death https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-detail...
tenpies 3y ago
Sure, but I look at it this way: if billionaires wan't to spend money on something, these technological long-shots aren't the worst they could do. I'll take infinite amounts of these long-shots over a single WEF-esque attempt to reorganise society from the top down to institute a techno-fascist regime.
- thewildginger 3y ago
  Dont worry, they don't spend any money on that cause it's basically already done.

by ian0 3y ago

tsunamifury 3y ago

I’ve thought about this a few times and I came to the conclusion that when you become a billionaire you become that alien to humanity. You are so far removed from average peoples needs you take on a fully alien mindset

LewisVerstappen 3y ago
Is it “when you become a billionaire” or is that mentality the reason you became one in the first place

ta988 3y ago

Their robots can't even walk by the sea without being slowly destroyed by salt (and they are not really adapted to sand walking). So we are far.

nico 3y ago

“The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet” - William Gibson

spaceman_2020 3y ago
“Apple Vision Pro, only $3,500”
- kirubakaran 3y ago
  Quite fitting, as Gibson originally said that line after experiencing a VR demo https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/01/24/future-has-arrived/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/01/24/future-has-arrived/
- x86x87 3y ago
  3499. Stop exaggerating /s
  - bikson 3y ago
    From. Do I bet without power bank.
- netsharc 3y ago
  On the flip side, overheating destroying crops and pushing heat past wet-bulb temperatures. Although mostly not in the rich West yet...
  - the_third_wave 3y ago
    I´ll take your negative and raise a positive: Substantial global progress has been made in reducing childhood mortality since 1990. The total number of under-5 deaths worldwide has declined from 12.8 million in 1990 to 5 million in 2021. Since 1990, the global under-5 mortality rate has dropped by 59%, from 93 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 to 38 in 2021. Globally, the number of neonatal deaths also declined, from 5.2 million in 1990 to 2.3 million in 2021. https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-details/GHO/child-mortality-and-causes-of-death https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-detail...

tenpies 3y ago

Sure, but I look at it this way: if billionaires wan't to spend money on something, these technological long-shots aren't the worst they could do. I'll take infinite amounts of these long-shots over a single WEF-esque attempt to reorganise society from the top down to institute a techno-fascist regime.

thewildginger 3y ago
Dont worry, they don't spend any money on that cause it's basically already done.