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Would it be so bad if the world ended today? We've come pretty far, the (first) world isn't terrible and a lot of people have done some really cool things. Ther

Would it be so bad if the world ended today? We've come pretty far, the (first) world isn't terrible and a lot of people have done some really cool things. There's still cool stuff to do but I wouldn't mind if it does end.

indiecore 14y ago
yeah, we might as well go out while we're on top. This video hitting 1 billion is a cry for help from western culture.
zanny 14y ago
Our primary means of obtaining free electrons is burning dead plants and cooking water from the remanants of supernovas. The most revolutionary medical breakthrough (vaccination) is effectively just infecting someone with a small amount of a disease you don't want them to get and taking advantage of the immune system. We move around by blowing up dead plants (combustion engines) or spinning air with dead plants (turbines). We are basically turning our planet into Venus with all this dead plant exploding and we don't even give a crap. And probably worst of all, almost every extremely influential breakthrough in our development as a species has been in response to war, so the best way to get people thinking is to murder their neighbours. Where is the intergalactic travel by bending space time? Where is my technological singularity? Where is effective immortality by being able to transcode the brain to machine, or other organic matter? Where is my molecular fabricating 3d printer? While we are at it, where is my damn flying car, Back to the Future 2? And my hoverboard? And Jaws 18? And accurate weather predictions? And no lawyers? And Mr. Fusion? You only got 3 years left, and if the world ended today some alien anthropologists might think you got the future wrong. Which would be unacceptable.
- whitewhim 14y ago
  Come on man. I know hacker news is negative about nearly everything but the world isn't quite so bad. Cheer up and look around you. We've come a long way and there's so much more to do.

indiecore 14y ago

yeah, we might as well go out while we're on top. This video hitting 1 billion is a cry for help from western culture.

zanny 14y ago

Our primary means of obtaining free electrons is burning dead plants and cooking water from the remanants of supernovas. The most revolutionary medical breakthrough (vaccination) is effectively just infecting someone with a small amount of a disease you don't want them to get and taking advantage of the immune system. We move around by blowing up dead plants (combustion engines) or spinning air with dead plants (turbines). We are basically turning our planet into Venus with all this dead plant exploding and we don't even give a crap. And probably worst of all, almost every extremely influential breakthrough in our development as a species has been in response to war, so the best way to get people thinking is to murder their neighbours. Where is the intergalactic travel by bending space time? Where is my technological singularity? Where is effective immortality by being able to transcode the brain to machine, or other organic matter? Where is my molecular fabricating 3d printer? While we are at it, where is my damn flying car, Back to the Future 2? And my hoverboard? And Jaws 18? And accurate weather predictions? And no lawyers? And Mr. Fusion? You only got 3 years left, and if the world ended today some alien anthropologists might think you got the future wrong. Which would be unacceptable.

whitewhim 14y ago
Come on man. I know hacker news is negative about nearly everything but the world isn't quite so bad. Cheer up and look around you. We've come a long way and there's so much more to do.