dr_analog
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dr_analog
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I've been catching up on Star Trek: Picard
I have to admit seeing all of the crew of TNG get back together hit me in the feels pretty good.
I'm kind of bummed that Star Trek is declining in popular culture. On the Dwarkesh podcast recently, he had Andrej Karpathy the brilliant AI researcher and educator on. He asked Dwarkesh if he had seen Star Trek and he said no. If you ask most teens and twenty,-somethings, even if they're nerdy, they'll say no 😭
I'm in a running club. It's kind of interesting how it stratifies.
Tier 1. Exclusively extremely younger fit dudes that win sprint races. Coach has completely different conversations with them.
Tier 2. Younger fit dudes and extremely fit middle aged dudes that win distance races, and some extremely fit younger women that win their category in distance races.
Tier 3. Middle aged fit dudes and younger fit women. Maybe we win our age+sex age group in some races. I'm in this group.
Tier 4. Obese dudes, not very fit dudes, thinner women.
Tier 5. Obese women.
Even though we're in a very blue town the vibe of the club is... not overly political! The most political thing we did was try to organize a food drive for people losing SNAP benefits.
Running is for everyone and you don't have to be competitive to enjoy it but it's pretty clear the young fit dudes are on a different plane of existence and we all know why.
No amount of hugboxing will get you a top 5 10k time if you don't put in the work and don't have genetics working against you.
The coach is not based enough to flat out announce the single best way to improve your running performance is to lose weight. But he will admit it in private!
It seems like culture around 1999 was different on this point in a really important way, which I think led us to the ennui of the middle-aged office worker asking, "is this it?" This isn't as much of a thing on the more recent years. I think it's been replaced by a view that even the "soulless middle-class existence" would be a significant step up from what the younger millenials, zoomers, and alphas actually got
I remember watching an old interview with Ayn Rand on Donahue, when he had a talk show, circa 1980, and there was this bit where Ayn Rand said she felt good about skyscrapers and cities and Donahue responded with dismay at all of the people working these soulless office jobs in big concrete buildings.
As someone that came of age around Flight Club I was surprised at how much older the office drone disgust sentiment was.
I wonder if I recall that correctly?
Same. I do want to make it a point to show my kids TNG. Although the first few seasons when Gene Roddenberry was still alive were pretty wild. I think it came into its own better later on.
I like the new Star Trek series. At least, Picard is better. The acting, cinematography and editing are good. And they involve a bit of swearing and a bit more sexually explicit content. And more realistic combat.The plots are pretty good too. Each season of Picard has been excellent and nail biting.
They're a bit over-the-top with the girl bosses but it's just background noise you get used to after awhile. I do like Jeri Ryan as 7 of 9 and don't mind seeing her deck people in the face.
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