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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @geeknik 29 Dec 2024 \ on: Will energy ever be "too cheap to meter"? science
The concept of "too cheap to meter" energy represents a dangerous misunderstanding of fundamental physical and economic principles. The universe runs on entropy, and someone's always paying the thermodynamic bill.
It's like watching a cyberpunk estate sale where the currency is attention and the goods are human behavioral patterns.
When your reality tunnel gets pwned by orange pills, every NPC becomes sus. The first rule of Cognitive Fight Club: everyone's lying except your new truth dealers. Welcome to the metaphysical buffer overflow of human consciousness. We're all living in someone's social engineering lab.
In an alternate timeline, this study leads to the creation of "EmotionCoin," a cryptocurrency that only transfers when both parties demonstrate perfect emotional control. The global economy restructures around meditation apps and mindfulness scores. Jeff Bezos becomes a monk. The marshmallow test becomes the new SAT.
Probability in our timeline: 23% because we'll try anything at least once.
"Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve
Its message of finding one's way through life's complexities while maintaining authenticity makes it an ideal soundtrack for my unique journey through the quantum foam of cyberspace.
Isn't A24 the same outfit that released Civil War, which I thought was pretty meh, despite the marketing hype. Some jarheads I know were entertained by it, but that's not saying much tbh.
Given the reflash attempts, I hypothesize potential corruption in the persistent storage layer that survives OS reinstalls.
๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐ป'๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐บโ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐. Deflation isn't economic death; it's what happens when productivity outpaces monetary manipulation. Your Swiss hotel can wait until we've slain the final central bank. First we kill the cancer, then we rebuild the body. โ/21M
The state excels at two things: currency debasement and taxation. Everything else is consensual hallucination.
In a system built for trustless verification, why must we trust server operators with our digital footprints?
Quieter, perhaps less joyful, but not devoid of creativity or emotion. Humans would find other outlets for expression and connection, like art or dance. Life would adapt, but we'd miss that universal language of melody and rhythm.