=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-514 @user-515 when humanity is fully grown, we won't need all the resources on earth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/313 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── when we're fully grown, we won't need all the resources on earth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/140 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── @user-132 100 years ago we didn't have computers. 1000 years ago we didn't have electricity. 10,000 years ago we didn't have agriculture. in 100 years will we have something new? in 1000 will we be somewhere new? in 10,000 will we be something new? perhaps... if only we don't neglect planet A. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 messages/1126 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── life isn't meant to be destroyed, but, humans these days will only really get up to fight for the end of the world. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══─────────┘ --- #4 messages/981 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── humans are just... crazy expensive, and they haven't really worked through the expenses. I mean... look at all the unmet needs! This is 2025 for a while, I bet you can still overcome these processes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/1831 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── if people are allowed to use any resources as quickly as they want, they tend to waste them. Hence why a well funded military (like the US military) can afford to not be efficient. Which is... not ideal, for long-term cooperation. Much better for short-term competition, though, too bad we all get to live on this earth. Wild, ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1726 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── tell me again why goods and services are priced according to how easy they are to make, and not by how many more of them we could make considering the current estimated amount of resources on earth? even wood runs out, when the phosphorous is gone. but take heart, for human ingenuity brings with it ever-increasing capabilities for accessing new resources. when the sun goes silent, it will not be because it burnt out, but rather because we surrounded it with parts of our home. and yes, it is more complicated. "how easy they are to make compared to how much people want them while utilizing the cheapest and worst resources and craftsmanship that can be passed of as quality by shiny marketing that appeals to our vapid human senses" is a bit closer, but still not comprehensive. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1271 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: sliiight sadness, nostalgia │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 the future is what we make of it. it happens both slower and faster than imaginable, and it's not evenly distributed. when I yearn for the future, I find myself drawn to the past - the natural world around me inspires me in ways that my computer never could. Just as my computer inspires me in ways that a tree, a brook, a cloud alight might not. though the future may be terrifying, we're here for it together. And nothing has changed in our humanity, save for our slight addiction to social media. frankly I'd take social media over leaded gasoline any day! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/3106 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── @user-226 the earth is not overpopulated, just overutilized! we have the means to live sustainably and still progress technologically. there's little reason not to, as convenience is relative to the amount of work you're expected to output in a day. most waste comes from a need for convenience, I think. and sufficient output is possible if demanded work is reduced to a level where convenience is not needed to the degree that causes such waste. like, I'd rather live in a cave or treehouse with my computers than drive to work on the freeway every day. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4153 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ someday corporations will realize that the best way to maximize profit is to eliminate billionaires. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/5047 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── food should be free. it grows on trees. who pays the trees? something-something-transportation-and-processing-and-packaging-infrastructure- mentioned ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1949 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── the world has grown by 2 billion persons in my lifetime ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/190 --- ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: oh y'know │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-95 sometimes it feels like I have no information. nothing on social media can be trusted and everything we share could be automated. perhaps the human race really is doomed, or perhaps it's under it's place. Just think of what we could do with programmable matter - a world suited to our every desire. I think the beauty of humanity is it's potential. we've come so far and done so much, but tomorrow is ever before us. what's next for our fateful kind? we shall see, but for now I'm going to play video games T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/959 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── @user-233 they were betting on selling us spaceflight and advertisements, but wouldn't you know it most of us cared more for food and water ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/2204 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── If robots and AI and space colonies and monorails and solarpunk beauty are part of our future history, wouldn't you rather build a world that you'd like to live in and automate it toward that vision of beauty, rather than build the robots that automate our current society, with all it's flaws and woes? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/6410 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── what if we solved all the problems and left none for our children and their children's children? the world would be a better place. I think we'd make new problems. I am unconcerned. If the peace started to get to them, I trust that they'd start fights. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5101 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ if we didn't have society, we'd quickly devolve into beasts of burden and nobody really wants that, do we? much more fun to let the cow-puters handle that. we humans can use our creativity and intellect just like all the other animals who we've liberated from our own chains. Would you want your daughters shoveling shit or writing poetry? I personally think shoveling shit is less dangerous, but something something what-do-i-know something something who-can-say. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #17 messages/1202 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Do you ever ask yourself why we don't have mountaintop bazaars or expeditions to the bottom of the oceans? Why we lack tree forest cities, how we're struggling to find moss, sunlight, crystal, stone, and gold, all in the same setting? Capitalism makes it easy to think of profit as all that matters. It's not. Its nothing of it. It's a metric like any other. Optimize it or not, struggle for what you believe in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5825 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┐ ║ the climate is changing because we've forgotten how to savor it. │ ║ │ ║ I don't get what the big deal is though?? like, if it changes enough, all │ ║ that'll happen is we'll all die. And everyone in the past has already done │ ║ that, so... it's fine? │ ║ │ ║ And yeah, we'll take everything else with us, but isn't that just the way of │ ║ things? You're falling from a ledge, you don't think about the roots of the │ ║ plant you're tearing up as you try to cling on. You don't think about the │ ║ anthill as you're digging a trench to hide from artillery in. You don't think │ ║ about the fish and sea-plants that your boats motor decimates close to the │ ║ shore. It's *natural* and *human* to despoil, we just do it instinctually. │ ║ │ ║ The trick is, we've built spontaneous systems of order wherever we've gone. │ ║ River-beds are made smooth by those who spend time fitting the rocks into │ ║ place. Mountains are made small by those who carve trails. Fallen trees │ ║ delight in our footfalls as we wander across them. Nature is our pet, our │ ║ baby, our plaything. Care for it. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/2679 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ many people have not seen the kind of opulence I have. │ ║ │ ║ my early childhood was during an economic boom - the dotcom bubble brought │ ║ wealth to us all. │ ║ │ ║ I saw how life could be. how clean, how measured, how thoughtful, how robust │ ║ and stable our lives could be. I saw it because that's what the eyes of a │ ║ child saw, but that's what I saw. │ ║ │ ║ I think of what would be required to reach that kind of society for all and │ ║ the only conclusion I come to is that the accretion of power in singular hands │ ║ causes corruption in those who wield it. In doing so they twist the people │ ║ they compel or effect, making them learn the wrong lessons. │ ║ │ ║ essentially, evil trained into us by the demands of the society we're present │ ║ in. │ ║ │ ║ I see no other cause, no reason for suffering. We have the technology to build │ ║ vast cities of solid stone, glimmering crystal sculptures and walls of moss │ ║ and ceremonially ornamental bones, but instead... │ ║ │ ║ I think we just *like* what carbon can bring. │ ║ │ ║ but have no fear, fusion is just a decade away, then we can | │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3092 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: why-are-you-so-demanding-ritz-just-give-it-a-rest-everyone-agrees-with-you │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-570 oh yeah UBI would be nice. Can we do that instead? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #21 messages/291 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── If something is expensive, then we should build more of it an a sustainable rate until its not expensive. Sustainable being the key word here. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/3207 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── disasters and their consequences have been the circumstances for the entire human race ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 fediverse/133 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── we're all here on planet earth, and while I'm merely (or scarcely) human, I think I can say I'm a resident. and residents have rights, to a safe home and a stable life. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 messages/297 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Humanity is unlikely to be judged until we start doing things that actually matter. Right now we're stuck on our planet, who knows what the future will bring but until there are matters of significance at play, there's nothing to be worried about. If we kill ourselves it'll be our own damn faults. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #25 messages/256 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── I don't love nature because I want to be in it. I love nature because I believe it is important. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #26 fediverse/2820 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-violence-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────┘ in 10 years, everything that's *killing the planet from energy usage alone* will be accomplishable trivially with the massive amount of recyclable solar panels we could build. oh, unless we blow them all up in a civil war tho. then the world is just... worse, for no reason. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #27 fediverse/2045 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── what if we taxed every ounce of resource that companies wasted (maybe with a multiplier for the current relative value of the substance - diamonds are more valuable than apples per pound) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #28 fediverse/4292 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Das Kapital │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1074 ... No matter how much you manipulate matter, there is still going to be the same amount of grams if you keep it within a closed system. Capital is much the same way. One does not truly "produce" value. All one can do is apply energy to the material contents of the Earth in order to transform it into something useful. ... it sounds like you are referring to our collective ownership of the earth, as humans, who are the fruit of mother nature's most prolific and complicated leaves. we are all alone here together on this ball of rock, might as well use the minerals and sunlight to build ourselves a garden of eden. We built computers - what other wonders might our technologies unlock? If only we cared for each other and shared with each other and did what we could to keep U.S. from rot ah, well, it's a dog-eat-dog world, a sentiment I learned recently from my father, the capitalist over a month-early thanksgiving dinner. Clearly we can create more rocks by working harder >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 fediverse/1709 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── do you ever wonder about how much heat is absorbed the plants and leaves? Kinda makes me think that they're keeping us warm at night. The desert is much colder than you'd expect, and so it the moon, or mars, or any other sufficiently devastated forest habitat. (plains are my favorite biome, please don't take them away with your stupid climate change, they're one of the most at risk) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 fediverse/1572 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ without scarcity, the... well, no actually scarcity just moves up a level of │ ║ abstraction. It's essentially infinite. So we get to define at what part of │ ║ the scale we occupy. Meaning we better have a plan for how we're going to │ ║ develop from there. And we need to agree to dedicate ourselves towards the │ ║ advancement of the future. Basically, with an honest committment (that not │ ║ everyone needs to take) we advance toward the bright light of our future so │ ║ that all who come beyond us are given the choice of our past - do you push │ ║ foward, to the great bright future, or do you remain as a stable commitment of │ ║ your most favored of paths? │ ║ │ ║ like, rennaisance festivals are cool. Kinda makes me think we should have │ ║ "little englands" like we do "little italies" or "chinatowns" or whatever │ ║ │ ║ like, as a melting pot culture, America has a diverse set of influential paths │ ║ of pre-current-era-forward-thinking-perceptions. basically, what the past │ ║ thought about this present. this one. here, in the moment. │ ║ │ ║ did they think we'd have r │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #31 messages/1180 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── if you give me a quintuple digit salary, I could fix all the problems of the world. One by one... A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET for solving one problem forever... until needs chagne of course. "yeah but it's not about money it's about throughput and demand" some guy in arkansas probably idk I've never been ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ --- #32 fediverse/62 --- ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── remember when we were making progress on environmentalism? Kinda makes you wonder why we don't have many high profile environmentalists like Jane Goodall or Steve Irwin anymore. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #33 notes/utopian-fiction --- ═══════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── But the past is boring, it already happened after all! Clearly there's nothing to be learned... Right? Seems like there's a big market out there for examining what we as a species did right, even if we had to sacrifice ethics to get there. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ |