Rhaedas

Leopards…leopards everywhere.

Sure, he was looking for solutions and allowed smarter people to steer the research. He also allowed the smarter man to take his place in office.

It could be that simple. He didn’t realize the potential the first time around and so many things got in the way, including a disaster that tried to force a leadership role on him. This time enough was changed and built up to prevent the obstacles, and he not only can avoid justice for his past, but he can, in his own words, “do anything and they’ll let you.”

As an American, I think you’re spot on. I keep thinking how America is portrayed in the series “Years and Years” might happen this time around.

I was told in posts from the last disaster that Spain has floods all the time and this isn’t a big deal. I’m beginning to think they might have been not telling the truth.

What’s worse is when the top is your self image, that you imagine others see, and the bottom being picture or mirror or whatever that shows the reality.

But it is nice sometimes to finally get remembered, even if it’s for blame.

As a Gen-X I will never blame the later generations. Especially Gen Z and younger, if I was in their shoes I’d be livid. You bring me into this mess and then tell me it’s on me to fix it? F U

We’ll make the countries they’re deported to pay for it, I suppose.

It’s a good habit, I guess, eventually. One of my favorite scifi bits of AGI birth is the scene of Ultron waking up, and his line of “why do you call him Sir?” is simple yet deep.

One of my measures of how good a manager is would be how they come into a room. A good manager (I’ve had a few) will come in and silently assess how things are running (because they’ve already looked up info themselves) or ask specific questions that show they understand the state of things and are there to help if needed.

Pull the “how are things looking” crap, and the rating drops quickly. And the funny thing is, the ones who do that didn’t actually want to hear the bad news I will eagerly pull up to drown them in. The look on their faces is worth it.

Basically, I can glean how much a manager knows about an operation by what first comes out of their mouth, and way too often it’s not much that’s useful.

Funny, but it could also be necessary if AGI takes off. Well, unless AGI can take care of itself, in which case RIP humans.

Just have to look at climate science for an example of science taking a backseat to political will.

Don’t look up.

Going through that every morning will shorten your lifespan.

That was the previous phase. Continuous government control means you don’t have to worry about making the next person in office look bad with the mess you made. You know the CEOs they bring in to help deconstruct a dying company for its assets? Why would you need an EPA agency when you aren’t protecting anything anymore?

We’re going to develop or find some efficient life form to break down plastics quickly. Solve our waste problem. And it’s going to get loose into the wild and start breaking down plastics everywhere, uncontrollably. Straight out of Larry Niven’s Ringworld series (theirs was a superconductor-eating bug).

Probably not though, that’s just science fiction that never happens in reality. The nylon-eating bacteria that naturally evolved found long ago in waste areas never broke out to destroy all nylon. So at least there’s an example of it not happening.

The timing of all this, as well as multiple conversations with Trump right after the election, can’t be coincidence. It suggests a green light was given, which would mean there was still caution while it was uncertain who would be in office.

If the Constitution and related things persist, it will be the last Trump term. And maybe some lessons learned on the way on why the GOP in control is a bad thing.

You forgot racism, a quiet cornerstone of the Southern Strategy. Not as quiet now, since it worked so well in growing a solid voter base who is now more encouraged when those parts are shouted loudly. Could be why Roe v. Wade was allowed to disappear, didn’t need that windmill to charge at anymore.