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I was up late last night on the phone with the girl I'm maybe sorta kinda seeing.
I think the conversation had somehow taken a turn into automation-induced unemployment, to which one of her comments were that if we did achieve that, wouldn't that bump humanity up on the "scale"?
What scale did she mean, I asked.
(Is she talking about the Kardashev scale? Could that possibly be the case, or are you deluding yourself, SMH?)
Well, you know, the one that goes from 1, 2 to 3. And measures energy right? I think humans are like a 1 or 2?
Yep. That's the one. You have accidentally activated my trap card, or at the very least my special interest.
I know that going on to deliver an impromptu lecture on the true meaning of the Kardashev scale, that energy use isn't the best proxy for technological advancement, that humanity is a paltry 0.73 blah blah isn't the definition of rizz, but I just couldn't help myself. Fortunately, she did tell me that she liked it when I went on infodumps.
(If you can't tell, I'm a nerd)
I think she likes you.
What? Here I was thinking I'd found true platonic nirvana intalking about my hard scifi novel with a cute girl, and now it's tarnished? Couldn't be the case, I refuse to believe it.
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