Master167

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[–] Master167@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Automation and AI have the potential to put lots of people into unemployment in the next 20 years. For the sake of preventing that unemployment, it’d be good if people had fewer kids. Yet for some reason, governments struggle really hard to comprehend that simple connection.

Because they assume all people will be consumers of goods. So if they have more people, there will be more consumers to buy things.

Now the assumption falls apart in any rigor since automation means that less people are needed for labor and would have money to buy gods. But that requires a government that thinks beyond the limited lifetimes of those running the government.

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

In an ideal world I think data center waste heat would be captured for use in a district thermal grid / seasonal thermal energy store like the one in Vantaa.

Yes, this would be the ideal for dealing with that issue. Re-use that heat to generate some of the energy the data center is demanding.

Imagine there’s an engineering & physics issue to be solved. But where would we find those top talent people to solve it?

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

If only they cared about the rule of law in their state as they do the politics outside their state.

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (3 children)

This is too accurate to be satire.

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

I’ll care about cat breeds when my cat starts showing that she cares about anything.

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Is there a news article on this?

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

And forget about picking up on allegories.

Lord of the Rings is a story about a long hike gone wrong. It has nothing to do with East/West dynamics, the question of power, masculinity, or the simple things of life.

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (9 children)

"Bungie is making a new game based on Marathon"

Great, I'm in.

"It's a multi-player extraction shooter"

Nope, I'm out. This smells like a "Prey" situation.

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Isn’t that open mic night at a comedy venue?

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That’s what we call gambling.

Most companies call it R&D.

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't call them journalists. They're bloggers.

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 58 points 2 months ago

I would also include the death of the “third place”. Because even if you work enough to survive, where do you spend your time outside of the home with other people in your community without spending money? Even worse options if you want kids allowed.

One of the only places I know of is the library. But I’d be very surprised by an 8-10 year old boy spending their time at the library.

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