Related to the Hyperfilter, or perhaps more in failing to pass the hyperfilter, is there a situation where we could have a soft collapse instead of a hard collapse.
As in, is it possible for things to just gently wind dow in a controlled manner?
Absolutely. This is what I was gesturing at with referencing North Sentinel Island and such.
They haven’t ceased existing, and arguably have facets of their culture that are healthier/superior to modern culture. But they also exist at the whims of entities far beyond their grasp, and if critical resources were found on their island, they would be gone in a heartbeat.
Scale and progress isn’t an uncomplicated good with no downsides, but being top dog does mean you get to write your own destiny
Great point on Anthropomorphic Labor Robots. The energy and mining alone for the first generation of them would have to be made by the world's existing global industrial force, which is declining, not to mention that robot production would compete with energy demands for AI and other industries. Also, the AI issue is all hammer and no anvil. Are we potentially throwing vast swaths of first world soceities into precarious limbo just cause?
Fantastic work, as always, from Cascade Frontier.
Related to the Hyperfilter, or perhaps more in failing to pass the hyperfilter, is there a situation where we could have a soft collapse instead of a hard collapse.
As in, is it possible for things to just gently wind dow in a controlled manner?
Absolutely. This is what I was gesturing at with referencing North Sentinel Island and such.
They haven’t ceased existing, and arguably have facets of their culture that are healthier/superior to modern culture. But they also exist at the whims of entities far beyond their grasp, and if critical resources were found on their island, they would be gone in a heartbeat.
Scale and progress isn’t an uncomplicated good with no downsides, but being top dog does mean you get to write your own destiny
Great point on Anthropomorphic Labor Robots. The energy and mining alone for the first generation of them would have to be made by the world's existing global industrial force, which is declining, not to mention that robot production would compete with energy demands for AI and other industries. Also, the AI issue is all hammer and no anvil. Are we potentially throwing vast swaths of first world soceities into precarious limbo just cause?