Futurism

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A place to discuss the ideas, developments, and technology that can and will shape the future of civilization.

Tenets:

(1) Concepts are often better treated in isolation -- eg: "what if energy became near zero cost?"
(2) Consider the law of unintended consequences -- eg: "if this happens, then these other systems fail"
(3) Pseudoscience and speculative physics are not welcome. Keep it grounded in reality.
(4) We are here to explore the parameter spaces of the future -- these includes political system changes that advances may trigger. Keep political discussions abstract and not about current affairs.
(5) No pumping of vapourware -- eg: battery tech announcements.

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Not every advancement is positive, but it's hard to close Pandora's Box (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by troyunrau to c/futurism

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[–] voidavoid 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do recall that the earth of star trek only came about after the second american civil war cascaded into the third world war, culminating with the destruction of ~1/3 of the species. 😥

[–] troyunrau 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Right. It is hard to get from here to there incrementally. Hopefully whatever this transition looks like is less violent than in Star Trek lore.

[–] voidavoid 1 points 2 years ago

Here's hoping. Though the past few years have certainly chipped away at my optimism.