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What if this is "The Great Filter?" [Ominous music plays in the background]
by narrator 4mo ago
What if this is "The Great Filter?" [Ominous music plays in the background]
- natebc 4mo agoWe've got a few candidates for that on the go and this is for sure one of them.
- aaaronic 4mo agoIt's not like they're mutually exclusive. In fact, multiple candidates seem to be quite sympathetic in their feedback loops.
- RetroTechie 4mo agoThat would be when we've automated stuff to the point where [machinery breaking down] causes a large majority of humans to die from starvation. And then go on to repeat that mistake by re-building without using the lessons from previous catastrophe(s). Sadly that last part sounds fairly common for humans... 8-| So yeah. Maybe. Possible.
- narrator 4mo agoWe're already there since without the Haber–Bosch process billions would starve.