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'The Egyptian Book of the Dead' Review: An Ancient Guide to the Afterlife
- denton-scratch 3y agohttps://archive.ph/k4IgX https://archive.ph/k4IgX
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoSomeone will probably flag this because it’s not Tech, but I’m inclined to believe there’s a YCombinator startup working on this. Things can become Tech when the formerly sci-fi technology becomes real to study the culture in question.
- tempodox 3y agoAfterlife coaching and chaperoning would work perfectly as an internet-based subscription service. I'm sure a startup for that is just around the corner. Just be aware that once the subscription runs out, your soul will be all on its own. Who knows what happens then…
- verisimi 3y agoNevermind the subscription running out during their lifetime... The subscription model here should apply even after the person has passed - this is their eternal soul we're talking about! It should be an eternal subscription. ^^ This is the alpha of subscription modelling... Lol
- seanhunter 3y agoYou could start a company called anub.is. It could offer soul-weighing as a service.
- IncRnd 3y agoPrevious open-source project on soul-weighing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_grams_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_grams_experiment
- swayvil 3y agoHaven't read this particular book but the Tibetans definitely package it as a preparatory and post-death service. Now that would be a doable product. Not sure about the karmic implications tho.
- bananamerica 3y agoThere are many non-tech submissions on Hacker News. From the guidelines: > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
- b4ke 3y agoIf they haven’t bothered hiding in their high row of the comic pantheon. What do I know tho ;)
- xkcd1963 3y agoThe typical hackernews opens hackernews while in the toilet searching for comments to downvote because of saltiness
- swayvil 3y agoA thousand years from now they'll dig up smartphones and call them religious fetishes with no practical use. And all the evidence will support that. People need to read more scifi.
- iszomer 3y ago*Plot twist*: an AI rediscovers it's identity having been LLM-trained on all HN posts, replies, and comments..
- agilob 3y agohttps://archive.is/k4IgX https://archive.is/k4IgX
- euroderf 3y agoBased on this book I named my Siamese cat Mau, after the feline incarnation of the sun god Ra. As a bonus, he was the only cat who could say his name.
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- lazlee 3y agoMy favorite translation of the Book of the Dead is Awakening Osiris by Normandi Ellis. Not a literal translation but a reinterpretation of the original text Truly beautiful and full of spirit.
- swayvil 3y agoThis text is is derived from observation. Yes, that weird stuff is real. The methods are difficult and strange, however. So it's no wonder that few are actually doing it. We're like cavemen who dug up the remnants of an ancient particle accelerator.
- bratbag 3y agoI hope this is satire.
- swayvil 3y agoTo contradict the popular narrative. Shocking and appalling.
- mcphage 3y ago> This text is is derived from observation. Yes, that weird stuff is real. Observation of what, exactly?
- selimthegrim 3y agoI think Ishmael Reed would like a word with GP.
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- swayvil 3y agoObservation of something strange, of course.