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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink28•2 years agoI think the whole lack of sustainable fusion thing may be a slightly larger factor than capitalism.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•2 years agoSo close it sounds like it’ll be happening in our lifetime.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 years agoI think it’s sounded like that for the past 40 years, but I am hopeful.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoman i sure wonder why we don’t have that, huh?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-22 years agoisn’t it interesting how we require capital to do anything? wonder why that is
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoBecause we are stuck in a capitalistic world? Even if something starts without capitalistic intentions, capitalism will consume it. The internet is an example. Hell, water is an example.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink22•2 years agoI recommend the book Trekonomics if you want to challenge this notion. Basically, technologies like sustainable fusion, replicators, etc, are the result of a post-scarcity leave-no-one-behind philosophy, rather than its prerequisites.
I think the whole lack of sustainable fusion thing may be a slightly larger factor than capitalism.
So close it sounds like it’ll be happening in our lifetime.
Sure, like human-level AGI and flying cars.
I think it’s sounded like that for the past 40 years, but I am hopeful.
man i sure wonder why we don’t have that, huh?
Not enough capital
isn’t it interesting how we require capital to do anything? wonder why that is
Because we are stuck in a capitalistic world? Even if something starts without capitalistic intentions, capitalism will consume it.
The internet is an example.
Hell, water is an example.
More like political capital
I recommend the book Trekonomics if you want to challenge this notion. Basically, technologies like sustainable fusion, replicators, etc, are the result of a post-scarcity leave-no-one-behind philosophy, rather than its prerequisites.
I’ll check it out, thanks 🖖