rab-the-goat

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   by rab-the-goat 4y ago

   This comment gets right to the root of the problem. People standing above emergent order looking down (typically) want to control it, but they'll never have the knowledge or bandwidth to control it well. So we play out Soviet economics
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   by rab-the-goat 5y ago

   Might be useful for a lot of things if the research holds up. Maybe we could get a realtime video feed of Mars, instead of being 15 minutes or so behind :) That would make exploration and space development and such a lot easier. Incidentall
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   by rab-the-goat 5y ago

   You have to admit though, it would be very impressive if it made it through the tube in -61.8 nanoseconds.
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   by rab-the-goat 5y ago

   Maybe it just means "hey Nobel prize committee, look over here."
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   by rab-the-goat 5y ago

   If they have such a high population and low production that they have to steal other peoples food sources, they're an existential threat to everyone else. What they will eat has been determined, and it's not likely to make the tra
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   by rab-the-goat 10y ago

   Your point hits on a true thing. One problem is that companies measure proxies for performance, not performance itself. A great book on the topic (and related topics) is Weapons of Math Destruction. Anyway, a green checkbox is pretty far in