[gasparto]

Technology won't save us.

Hoping that someday soon^tm someone will come up with something that makes all the current mess go away is a dangerous path.

In germany they call it 'Technologieoffen' - and even some political parties have written it on their flags. 'No need to implement changes now - someday God will decent and absolve us from all of our sins - until then party hard! #yolo'

I'm all for accelerating research/tech. But it can't be an excuse to just let sh*t happen. Yet most people will do this - it's expected human behavior.

[ted_bunny]

We're more likely to get Deus Ex than a Deus Ex Machina

[52-6F-62]

Well put.

[hackerlight]

I want to accelerate good stuff (fusion, mRNA cancer vaccines, solar power learning curve, LLMs that help programmers be more productive, housing construction) and decel bad stuff (proof-of-work crypto, deepfakes, new coal mines, microplastics). If we accel/decel the right things, I think we have a shot.