Currently reading Cloud Atlas and these comments accompany it pretty well

Which political beliefs

Rofl what a crock

I read Sarum (historical fiction that takes some liberties) recently and the way land and passive income and title are inextricably linked is pretty enlightening

I think what you dislike is bad or low effort art, not post modernism. Just because piece of art denies the canon, or the classics, doesn’t necessarily mean it must eschew beauty, or be made without technical skill.

Apologies to anyone who knows their art history - I’m speaking in broad strokes here.

I may sneer at the commodification of livable designs, but I guess I see your point… We’ve gone way beyond the scope of this comic, using a single word as a launching point to talking about leveraging hype machines for good.

Would you care to give an example? I have a hard time picturing this kind of thing as sincere, because it’s usually the tip of the spear in a cynical marketing campaign to divest people of their money.

Begone, prescriptivist!

Hahaha jk, but I agree in part. For the other part, though, I think there is a partial duty to a communicator to realise how words will be interpreted, and use the word as they know it will be understood. Or else they should do some work to explain their meaning.

For instance, in the comic, the word “technological” could be removed altogether, and the meaning is only clearer for it.

I can hear this

Yeah you can play with the numbers, and it all depends on the economic context.

Sure, but that’s not how most people read the term. Going back to my point about how I both dis/agree with this because of how vague it is.

I love your username. Is it meant to be a naughty bilingual pun?

POV you’re about to encounter a little ol’ Fate Worse Than Death

Me furiously taking post-apocalyptic worldbuilding notes from your comment 🫨🫨🫨

Me, imitating the pose of a thoughtful looking person I saw in a magazine: have we tried AI the line? Like make AI do the line, and me have more money? Need more money for AI implement line AI money make?

Also if the genie is a thinking agent or even just capable of detecting an infinite loop this falls apart.

Bounce this (does elaborate football move, succeeding on the third attempt) ha (visibly out of breath)

Rofl

I both agree and disagree, because this comic is dangerously vague.

A good example is electric cars. It would be great if everyone switched to electric cars, but it would be even better if we built a city that didn’t treat pedestrians, cyclists, and public commuters as second class.

The difference being the latter doesn’t let private equity make fat returns.

And yes ofc we can both.

I think it works for slightly more expensive things too. Like absent any noticeable difference we would assume that a $5 hotdog was better than a $2 hotdog.

You may be thinking of Veblen goods, which are marked up to such a degree that the high price point is the point of the purchase. It makes the product more exclusive.

Not completely safe there with Buddhism: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence

I don’t have anything to back this up, but I wonder if there’s a strong correlation between a religion being minority in a region and how “peaceful” it is, because my suspicion is that majority/power of any kind will always come at the risk of attracting chuds or corrupting the fearful into protecting themselves by attacking others. Literally “others” I guess.

Pet hypothesis just held up by vibes though so

This and bike shedding.