this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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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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[–] troyunrau 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I see what you did there.

I probably try to run a social media network into the ground using bots and such, but because I'm not rich, I'm using a botnets from infected computers who install my app to use the same social media network. Ironically, of course, I would advertise that my app fixes all the problems it is actually the root cause of.

[–] Zamboniman 2 points 2 years ago

That sounds.....familiar. Hmmm....

[–] TruckBC 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm a director in Edison Motors and invested a bunch in it. Guess I'm Elon-crazy to compete with Elon tho.

[–] Djangofett 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

More mRNA research for more vaccines against cancers and other diseases likely.

More "low tech", reusable technology solutions that are sustainable.

[–] troyunrau 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That doesn't sound Elon-crazy at all?!

[–] Djangofett 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I misread! Did the opposite.

[–] troyunrau 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No problem at all! There's actually another thread in this community with the opposite title. OP is making fun of me by reversing the roles haha.

[–] Zamboniman 2 points 2 years ago

And here I thought I was being cleverly subtle.