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Imagine gene therapy to fix the problems. After a few generations, many diseases will be extinct.

There's a guy on YouTube doing diy gene therapy to treat his lactose intolerance so it's not exactly science fiction.

Just move. California doesn't deserve you. People there think you can only use carrots and sticks are immoral.

What new powers should we give the government and how do we make sure that it's not abused later when the person you don't like is in charge?

Engineers tend to be good at enumerating failure conditions.

Ruthless brilliant maniacal tyrant.

For more context, there's this famous story: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/06/16/my-first-billg-rev...

Also military, environment, mail, immigration, trade, and my personal favorite: currency.

Both. The internet was full of early adopter, tech enthusiast types. You'd certainly pickup on this. Maybe a bit of the magic was your youth, but the tech was new and magical to everyone.

Every article I read back then was written by a real person about something they cared about. Now it feels like every search result is just 100 pages of AI generated, generic content used to drive clicks to the site. And what content is actually written by a real person, it's in service to their brand and it's tuned for engagement and sharing on social media.

A lot of software back then was open and didn't hide too many of the details. Today, all the technical bits are hidden away and user experiences are carefully controlled and tuned for engagement. Think IRC vs Slack or FB messenger. On irc, you can whois, dcc, technical bits everywhere in the UI.

In the 90s, there was a question whether or not you should include ads and banners on your site. Later, it seemed like the ads went away but actually they took over. So much of the internet experience now is about monetization. Even malware is about making money. You gotta jump into the new tech to get that feeling of wonder and possibly.

While this is a better analogy and worth reading, "fish" is funnier.

Pos hasn't been proven to work yet. Byzantine generals problem was unsolved for years until Bitcoin.

What is a bitcoin account?

Communists hate historical evidence that their theories are ruinous.

Great thing about Bitcoin is you don't need to argue. Don't even tell people you're into it. Just buy a little every week if you agree with the philosophy behind it.

I completely agree. When Twitter acts like this, it leaves money on the table for competition. You don't need to give the government more power. The rich will just hook into that power.

Imo, the real story is Parler getting banned just as it was poised to become competition.

"Customer service" lol

You're not the customer.

Innovation leads to profits, imho. "Short term profits" is the killer in most cases.

I agree testing is important and your historical perspective is illuminating. My question is: What happens if the FDA does a bad job? It has a monopoly. They have an incentive to deny everything. If they deny a new drug and people die, it's hard to blame them. If they approve a drug that's dangerous, they get egg on their face.

Systems tend to break down over time. This is normal. People getting fed up and trying to fix it is normal too.

"Hard times create strong people. Strong people create good times. Good times create weak people. Weak people create hard times."

We only get the leaders and government we deserve.

Hello gpt3

It's almost like it's not really about slavery or racism.

I eat 5000 calories worth of sawdust a day and can't gain weight.

I'm offended by this run on sentence.

Can't you empathise with people who identify as black and have to see phrases like "black magic" meaning evil while "white magic" is good? Why not start here? Are we only changing open ssl because it's easy?

It clears the mind of problematic thoughts. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak#Vocabulary

We should also change all of these doubleplus ungood words: Black market Black magic Black Sabbath Black widow Black soul Black sheep Black eye Black mark Black rider Black out Black box Black book

I was triggered twice just typing this up.

This is kink shaming.

Are machine learning algorithms receivers of intelligence?

You didn't ask me but I have a similar outlook and would appreciate reading suggestions.

Jordan Peterson talks about the diversity of opinion being important because there is no single or constant fitness function. His lectures on personality get into this a bit. His 12 rules book does not.

I believe he's informed a lot by the work of Jonathan Haidt. His book The Righteous Mind is good.

That's amazing. Put it under your pillow and let us know what the tooth fairy thinks of that little gem.

Maybe Twitter is like smoking Styrofoam?