HalloweenSnarry
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HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
We arguably don't even need to look at the "limited times" part, we could even argue that it sure as hell isn't promoting "the progress of science and useful arts" now.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I think there definitely is going to be an attempt to make AI-users low-status, but it might not stick. Someone is probably going to get really popular using AI art without telling anyone.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I remember going to a panel about virology and biology as it relates to fiction at a comic convention one year. One of the panelists, who studied at ASU, talked about the allergy thing and Red Queen Syndrome(?), and how one of their colleagues, who suffered from a peanut allergy, had the ballsy idea to fly to some African country and intentionally contract a hookworm(!). It actually worked, and they could eat a peanut butter sandwich without suffering an allergic shock.
But then, I don't suppose we could ever think of trying to treat allergic and autoimmune conditions by having people deliberately infect themselves with something their immune systems can focus on.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
The Mistake Theorist in me says that we need a -cide word for culture, then. If genocide is essentially attempting to keep a population or demographic from being able to replicate itself into the future, then we need a word for when it happens to a culture that could include anyone of different backgrounds. Now, I don't imagine people would actually use "culturocide" (or whatever word would roll off the tongue better) instead of going to the genocide argument, but still.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
One (grim) possibility is that, if the American government is ever made to answer for its crimes, past and present, it will not be at the hands of Americans at all.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
...That could work, yeah.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Yeah, I don't know how anyone can advocate for broadcasting "society is unfair, get over it" and expect the American people to accept it in this modern climate. Sure, it might be honest and accurate, but it's not likely to turn down the temperature of the culture war. As the OP mentioned, people still do want some payback for 2008, and 2020-onwards has been shaping up to be a repeat of 2008.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Brandon Herrera maybe, Garand Thumb I'm not sure about. There's also InRangeTV, but I think Karl is probably more purple/alt-blue/grey.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Not the OP, but apparently Emad Mostaque was fairly excited about the disruptive potential of Stable Diffusion. Whether that's malice or Emad simply taking a colder-blooded accelerationist stance is probably up for debate.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I was thinking more of OWS and the revival of unironic socialism/communism in the 2010's. What do you think would happen if The Man decided to out and say, "yes, we admit it, we are on top, we will continue to be on top, you'll own nothing, and you're gonna have to enjoy it"?
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I'll voice my thoughts here, I guess:
I kinda wish there was a feature where you could upvote/approve individual parts/sentences of a post. So often, I see a post I would have updooted if not for a part I either disagreed with or thought was too spicy. The more upvoted a section is, the more highlighted it'll become. I don't know if this is possible with current tech.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Alternatively, it could be that cancer is scary and debilitating enough that a moment of inconvenience provides at least an ounce of protection, which can be worth a lot. While prison arguably drains your life force as much as cancer does, you can't exactly make cancer go away with a good enough lawyer (at least, not for yourself after the fact).
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I think suspended licenses are one of those "disproportionate impact" things--low-income people are most likely to be the ones driving around with suspended licenses, IIRC.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Well, I think your right to invest in an index fund or whatever doesn't trump my right to shitpost about anime on the Internet. If anything, I value financial speculation way, way less than that.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I think part of the issue is that digital things are inherently anti-scarce. Information wants to be free, etc. We should support digital artists as much as traditional physical artists, but artificial scarcity just doesn't seem like the way to do it. Either it's available (with some paywall, if necessary) to all forever, or it's going to be yoinked out of the artist's hands whether they like it or not. We can barely put a lid on porn piracy, and every NFT that has ever been flaunted has been vulnerable to "right-click > Save as."
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Literal wokeness, perhaps.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
As someone who's been in part of multiple internet communities spanning across a decade-plus, it seems that serious-matter-induced emotional whiplash is all too common when some scandal or happening rocks said community.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
At the same time, I think there's still a qualitative difference. You're comparing physical things to digital: sure, I can download an image of the Mona Lisa, but there's no confusion as to who owns what. With books (and especially comic books!), there's also a meaningful difference with special editions or rare versions. NFT art doesn't entirely have this; at best, people are really buying the receipt/deed of ownership, which could count for something, but the technology remains speculative even now, and it's hard to see what difference owning an NFT actually makes beyond being useful for entry into clubs and the like.
I think NFTs could potentially make a comeback, but they need to have a serious use case, and shed the baggage on top of that.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Thoughts on Blaine Pardoe?
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I do think opening your post with "crosspost from rdrama" should be an automatic bonk. We may be using their codebase, but that doesn't mean we need to accomodate their userbase.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
He wrote some of the bigger novels, IIRC. He's a big part of the Clans storyline.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
Maybe the idea was "if you can't win with territory or military power, win with economic/technological power." Granted, for most countries, the latter often follows from the former.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
It's not just the voting itself, it's also the slate, no? Back during the Sad Puppies days, the slates were a major point of contention.
HalloweenSnarry
1yr ago
I honestly don't mind "outdated" futures all that much, personally.
I was thinking about this earlier. Both World Wars saw a lot of women in America and Britain flooding into factories to make ammo, and with this natural experiment proving that a woman could exist in a "hard" domain...well, that's something that's not easy to forget, so what followed probably wasn't too great a surprise in hindsight.
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