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He is very insightful. I read ideas of his that I've never seen explored elsewhere. For instance, last year he had one where he speculated on how many human occ
by NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
He is very insightful. I read ideas of his that I've never seen explored elsewhere. For instance, last year he had one where he speculated on how many human occupational specialties currently exist, I believe he pegged it at 100,000.
That may seem like interesting trivia without contemplation.
- BugBrother 12y agoAnd some of all those important specializations have only a few dozens workers on the whole planet... iirc, he counted the minimum population for a civilization like ours at 100 million. The implications for space explorations are not good. But not even Stross had any real opinions on how this will change with advanced 3D-printing.