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Childhood's End by Clarke is quite high on my list of grim endings for the human race

I know what you mean. You'd think nationalists would want to put the citizens of their country first but nope they can all go and get cancer from coal power plants.

This is such a lazy comment. How is the EU changing? How is it changing to be closer to which part of South America? South America is changing so do you mean how it was or are they…

I love looking out plane windows at night. Distant lightning storms, cities, fishing boats, highways, country borders lit up and stretching as far as you can see.

Wow that's crazy that they built an apartment building where it would shadow all that stained glass. I bet there's a story there.

I think you've got good points. With respect to #3 I think there's a general problem with concentration of capital and general "hoarding". One example. Berkshire Hathaway has $400 …

Because they are selfish and would prefer to make millions selling to big companies who want to pay less for labour.

They have Coder PTSD or CPTSD.... Is that a better acronym??? Sorry just teasing.

I'm surprised that an inspector was required at all much less for multiple visits. I might be totally wrong but I think I'm the UK you'd be allowed to just build a deck. Unless it …

Tell us about this good leader concept and why you think it's outdated? Is it just uncommon? And why can't you believe someone's statement about themselves? How is it different to …

I think it's immoral and unkind to report on a medical trial and not be clear that it was in mice rather than humans.

It's good when it becomes clear that a tool is dangerous in a certain way. Like it's good when people show you through their behavior that they can't be trusted Always use a sawsto…

Trivia question. When did NASA last launch a rocket not built by a commercial entity

Cardboard's out. No cardboard derivatives. Paper? No Paper. No string. No sellotape.

You and previous comment seem to agree that trial and error/shared experience can determine if consciousness has emerged. And this might/will be challenging. Previous comment used …

I'm afraid you appear to be contradicting yourself by saying internship in one comment and stating that companies don't bother with onboarding employees with no knowledge in a prev…

I'd love to know the causation for that correlation

Logged in to tell you that you are not using the standard definition for ptsd. Your opinions will be easier for people to understand if they aren't confused.

"It is the sort of idea I would be very proud to come up with after a week or two of pondering, and it took ChatGPT less than an hour" This comment about time is very interesting t…

Pound being a verb rather than a noun in much of the English speaking world is a reasonable excuse for not seeing that meaning instantly

It seems to have stopped "6 7..." I understand even the British PM helped out with the cringe

I feel like you might only be convinced when an AI powered robot rolls up to you and asks, "Bandrami, are you convinced that AI is transformative yet?"

The abuse perpetratored by Epstein is obviously hideous but is there an argument that his corporate and government espionage activities need to be looked at as a clear organized cr…

As always when reading about these stories I have two questions: * When did other high profile people know about this illegal and immoral behavior * Who else is getting away with s…

No it doesn't mention the other books. It just recommends Consider Phlebus