Can't think of anything I want to think about less, actually, thanks all the same!
07.03.2026 10:48
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Can't think of anything I want to think about less, actually, thanks all the same!
tbh anyone who looked at their monzo wrapped instead of instinctively cringing away in horror is baffling to me
Those with wealth and power don't want to make sacrifices for the betterment of humanity β that won't change just because it's an AGI telling them what to do instead of scientists. Which, to me, exposes the real rot at the centre of this viewpoint: these are rich and powerful people who want to have their cake and eat it too. They want to be the heroes who save the human race but they don't want to have to give anything up to do it. They are pouring money into the fantasy of an AGI led, space faring future because they want to convince themselves that that future is possible, that they can have everything they want without giving anything up, that if only they are able to build more data centres they'll find a way to live forever among the stars.
I think part of this is that we struggle to emotionally deal with the inevitability of our own squandered potential. We are large, we contain multitudes and we feel all of them and yet our lives are so small. So short, so economically constrained, so limited by our fragile bodies and their tendency to break down over time. There is so much we might do, so much we might feel, if we were not so limited in scope.
This is what I think it all adds up to. The whole thing is a failure to grasp that, whatever choices you make in life you a ruling others out. You carry the infinite within you but you are heartbreakingly finite. So you invent a future in which you don't have to be. Within a religious ethos, this is the result of personal sacrifice. You live with humility so in death you might be elevated to glory. It's also the result of your personal journey. You follow your faith and it's no one's business but yours. That isn't true for the long termists. They're making this everyone's problem. They're sacrificing the planet we have to push us towards ones we cannot survive on. They're exploiting us in the present so they can live forever in the future.
What they don't grasp, what they're afraid to confront, is that death is a feature, not a bug. Limitations are crucial to humanity. Not to view every problem through the lens of my own special interests, but anyone engaged in creative work knows this. You can actually see it in the raft of directors who made a couple of fantastic low budget indie films, then got handed a billion dollar franchise film and wiffed it completely. Pushing against constraints is often what helps you achieve something great. It sparks real innovative thinking. Endless possibility is stifling. It's overwhelming and when it's in front of us we tend to reject it. Because what really matters isn't our infinite unrealised potential β it's the myriad tiny joys of our short lives.
Read a book about the tech cult that's destroying the world and got real made about the tech cult that's destroying the world
ihavenoplanforthis.ghost.io/addicted-to-...
Those with wealth and power don't want to make sacrifices for the betterment of humanity β that won't change just because it's an AGI telling them what to do instead of scientists. Which, to me, exposes the real rot at the centre of this viewpoint: these are rich and powerful people who want to have their cake and eat it too. They want to be the heroes who save the human race but they don't want to have to give anything up to do it. They are pouring money into the fantasy of an AGI led, space faring future because they want to convince themselves that that future is possible, that they can have everything they want without giving anything up, that if only they are able to build more data centres they'll find a way to live forever among the stars.
I think part of this is that we struggle to emotionally deal with the inevitability of our own squandered potential. We are large, we contain multitudes and we feel all of them and yet our lives are so small. So short, so economically constrained, so limited by our fragile bodies and their tendency to break down over time. There is so much we might do, so much we might feel, if we were not so limited in scope.
This is what I think it all adds up to. The whole thing is a failure to grasp that, whatever choices you make in life you a ruling others out. You carry the infinite within you but you are heartbreakingly finite. So you invent a future in which you don't have to be. Within a religious ethos, this is the result of personal sacrifice. You live with humility so in death you might be elevated to glory. It's also the result of your personal journey. You follow your faith and it's no one's business but yours. That isn't true for the long termists. They're making this everyone's problem. They're sacrificing the planet we have to push us towards ones we cannot survive on. They're exploiting us in the present so they can live forever in the future.
What they don't grasp, what they're afraid to confront, is that death is a feature, not a bug. Limitations are crucial to humanity. Not to view every problem through the lens of my own special interests, but anyone engaged in creative work knows this. You can actually see it in the raft of directors who made a couple of fantastic low budget indie films, then got handed a billion dollar franchise film and wiffed it completely. Pushing against constraints is often what helps you achieve something great. It sparks real innovative thinking. Endless possibility is stifling. It's overwhelming and when it's in front of us we tend to reject it. Because what really matters isn't our infinite unrealised potential β it's the myriad tiny joys of our short lives.
Read a book about the tech cult that's destroying the world and got real made about the tech cult that's destroying the world
ihavenoplanforthis.ghost.io/addicted-to-...
We shouldn't have let so many millennials write columns about the struggles of adulting, look where it's led us
Problem is shorter books aren't really cheaper to produce, so people feel like they're not getting their money's worth and the solution, once again, is little, cheap, penguin classic style paperbacks!
Also, the first five chapters are still free to read!
calamitystrinket.ghost.io/a-stranger-a...
A week behind on Calamity's Trinket (I blame the Olympics) but it's out now!
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Also, the first five chapters are still free to read!
calamitystrinket.ghost.io/a-stranger-a...
A week behind on Calamity's Trinket (I blame the Olympics) but it's out now!
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I want to nationalise sports, thank you for your time
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I want to nationalise sports, thank you for your time
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Thinking of how incandescent with rage my dead friends would be about this
I watched Listers: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching (free on YouTube) and I really think you should also watch Listers: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching (free on YouTube)
Peak valentimes: just saw a guy out for a run with a massive bunch of roses in one hand
The second time was at least partially because of AI so theyβve really got to take that as a consequence of all their tomfoolery wrt AI
Important to note that the first time I was on benefits was because my British partner lost all his work during covid and you have to claim as a household, so even though I was still working I was on the claim
((Even though I have been on benefits and had tax debt Β―\_(γ)_/Β―))
(I know Iβm not the kind of immigrant he means)
Ok yes but see I was *decolonising* New Zealand, so
Just because a particular audience is voracious, that doesnβt mean theyβre not discerning. Death to ai, obviously, but in this case that is a subset of death to snobbery about romance
You see this in extremely short production timelines, in artists who phone it in as if theyβre too good for it. But if you actually respect your audience, if you actually understand why people love these stories - thatβs when you get something great. And the audience deserves something great
Romance readers are voracious. They read an enormous amount and theyβre always looking for more - that passion has made some people view the genre as disposable. As something you can churn out without thought because you expect the audience to take anything they can get
The success of Heated Rivalry shows how hungry people are for romance to be taken seriously by its creators. Everyone involved saw that story as worthy of their time and their skills and it shows and thatβs why itβs so popular!
Currently watching Listers: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching (free on YouTube) and extremely recommend you also watch Listers: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching (free on YouTube)
It sure is!
I want Oscar campaigns to include a Muppet Show appearance. I want the Heated Rivalry boys on there STAT. We need it, we deserve it
God I hope this Muppet Show works and they come back properly. End all internet based movie promotion and make them all go on this instead
He shat himself in public, this is all I know
