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  • There is a great video about the Great Filter by Kurzgesagt/In a Nut Shell. If I remember correctly, in it they say we can guess at which stage the filter is by how evolved extraterrestrial life forms are. So it’s actually great if we find a lot of bacteria or other primitive life forms, that would mean we probably already have overcome the Geat Filter on Earth. On the other hand, if we find many alien ruins of several civilizations at or above our technological level… Well, our greatest challenge might be coming.







  • MrMobius @sh.itjust.workstoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldUrban Microcars
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    21 days ago

    I’m not really fond of microcars. Every time I see one I’m like: “Just buy a bike it’s cheaper and it doesn’t look like a motorized dumpster!”. Not to mention that to drive one in France you don’t even need a driving license. Talk about a security hazard… My thinking is they’re a lot pricier than great top of the line E-bikes (hydraulic breaks and the whole shebang), you can carry as much as a cargo bike and for the rain, a waterproof coat and pants work just fine (tropical regions get a pass I guess).




  • Aight but if a critical mass flees the spam-ridden husks of reddit/Twitter, the bots will come for us too.

    Yeah, guys like Belogubov won’t stop at Reddit, they’ll infest every forum on the web to make even more money.
    What can we do?
    Human moderation of course, but against bots this might be a loosing battle.
    So good AIs to fight bad AIs?
    Or, if push comes to shove, white hats could take down the ReplyGuy website and the likes.




  • A few years ago I would have agreed with this statement. But lately, I’ve seen a change described in several press articles and news pieces. The younger generations in the US demand true social justice and aren’t afraid to say they’re socialists, against capitalism or consumerism. It’s a burgeoning revolution of course, since the establishment is still in control of traditional political parties. But this crack in the old broken system could bring about positive change in the long run. At least I hope so.




  • I agree the ideal solution would have been to stamp out antisemitism, so that a Jewish State would not have been necessary. But that should have been done before millions of Jews were killed in genocide. Imagine being being a survivor and being told : “Trust us, we are good people now, we won’t commit genocide against you… again”. Antisemitism and antisemites didn’t all die with Hitler.