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 @user-646 
 
 oh, I see. guess I had the same problem hehe - let's see:
 
 basically I'm saying that the incentives for manufacturers are unaligned to
 the desires of the consumers (or rather, the best interests of the consumers)
 - reduced consumption of plastic == less plastic waste poisoning our
 environement, which is what you mentioned in the original post.
 
 then I said "well we still need to make SOME of the cheap plastic, the kinda
 that isn't recyclable, the kind that is technically cheaper because economics
 of demand" and then I was thinking of ways around that particular problem.
 Then I got onto another thing about the economy, and the word count cut my
 words short because I started saying something I shouldn't.
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 @user-646 
 
 will continue until you tell me to stop:
 
 industry works best at scale, and in order to produce materials that are
 needed for very specific use-cases (that can't really be done better by
 something else) you often need to make large batches of said material. In this
 case, plastics.
 
 if the production capabilities exceed demand, then there is a surplus of a
 certain kind of material. And that's not good, according to capitalists,
 because who's ever heard of national stockpiles? Plus, maybe that stuff goes
 bad, I don't know, I'm not an expert, but without that context it seems to me
 that instead of turning it into junk that we're just going to throw away, we
 should probably keep hold of it. Literally just put it in a warehouse in Utah
 or whatever.
 
 I feel like then, in a world where those cheap plastics aren't being used for
 consumer products, we'd be encouraged to buy the plastics that were recyclable
 (not all plastics are), or extremely durable, or even just metal/wood products
 instead. econ, /shrug
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║ there are plastics that are (nearly) infinitely recyclable into the same (or a   │
║ similar) form                                                                    │
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║ there are plastics that are durable and built to last                            │
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║ then there are cheap plastics, the kind that are useful for some kind of         │
║ industrial purpose but to make a little you kinda have to make a lot, and yeah   │
║ they pollute and are bad for the environment but we have a whole lot of them     │
║ made, so wouldn't it be cheaper to just use it for consumer products?            │
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║ hmmmm. why can't we just like... store it? and then scale down on production,    │
║ and focus on things that make less money but last longer.                        │
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║ like, if you break shit, you shouldn't have more things. If everything's         │
║ expensive (and durable) then people spend less because their stuff doesn't       │
║ break. Or maybe they do break it, and then they're constantly broke! (out of     │
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║ [doesn't know what she's talking about from professional experience, just        │
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║ problem is the economy is "healthier" if everyone's spending. thus, creating     │
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 @user-324 @user-325 @user-326 
 
 thus enters the promise of technology: that we might solve the problems of
 bureaucracy once and for all by ever more effiency-aligning mechanical
 processes that produce effects which we desire - such as efficient allocation
 of medical resources such that all of humanity is protected from the ravages
 of pain and the incongruencies of our nature.
 
 Alas, that we should only conceive of success through the lens of profit.
 Perhaps another design is in order?
 
 (oh yeah also people who are in control are worried that we, like all other
 examples of natural entities, might immediately proceed to breed beyond the
 capability to cater to the needs of said entity (such as "to feed" and medical
 resources) and therefore might overburden (and therefore destroy) said system
 which allows for their sustenance and initial creation. To this I say... Yeah
 probs, what should we do about it?)
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 if tech CEOs wanted to solve REAL problems they'd think about things like how
 every girl has a drawer or box FULL of nail polish and it really, really
 doesn't need to be this way.
 
 For example, picture a fleet of delivery drones that let you swap nail polish
 with people nearby for basically zero-dollars per month.
 
 that's just one example, but that class of problem is the problems that affect
 a certain class of people that tech CEOs fundamentally do not care about - and
 yes I'm referring to people who paint their nail polish themselves. AKA women,
 and poor people who can't afford going to a salon every week.
 
 problem is....... for every solution like this you design, well suddenly you
 have a lot more applications for it than the consumer needs or wants. like for
 example what if they delivered grenades instead of nail polish. NOT GOOD.
 
 much better, I find, to abolish the powers that would utilize such murderbots
 BEFORE inventing the murderbots : )
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 "updating software" is when you go back and add helper functions for things
 you used had to do to solve a problem but didn't get a chance to make. Because
 you were making more important things and couldn't pad out all the
 possibilities. But if you want great software, then you both take more time to
 accomplish that and you give yourself time for it after it's been launched.
 Basically, companies are incentivized to only support their products if it
 makes them money. Meaning reputations are tarnished, and profit is affected.
 Capitalists intentionally drive businesses into the ground, forcing them to
 make terrible decisions in order to destroy them. It's a warfare against those
 on the [bottom/floor/ground-floor].
 
 Some businesses strive for long-term potential, and some will create
 infrastructure that can be sold to another. Essentially, keeping the dream of
 learning alive, through applying yourself to both long-term and short-term
 conclusions. Not everything has to be for some grand design, we're here to
 relish in this moment. For if we lack the capacity to "frolic in the garden of
 eden", then we will surely drown. Space is vast, it's difficult to understand
 how we might control it. Surely we could be given aid to our future
 betterment!" how simple of a request, sure, of course, we would be glad to
 bring forth your bravest aspirations, just tell us what you need to be of
 need." oh, uh, neat. How about space lasers?" ... no "
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 point is, you should take good companies at their word and bad companies for
 their goals.
 
 Surely, you can't blame the organism for seeking food. So clearly you can't
 blame an organization built to pursue profit to pursue profit. Maybe we should
 cut-out the middle-man and use efficiency evaluation methods defined by our
 common understanding of ethics and virtues instead of currency to determine
 the relative importance of continual investment in particular structural
 capabilities that companies provide to a nation.
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 @user-1399 
 
 kinda makes me feel like the structures and institutions that allowed that to
 happen (for-profit companies) maybe shouldn't be given such power.
 
 they obviously can't keep themselves from out-polluting each other in their
 silly little race of competitiveness.
 
 why would we allow that to happen? It's a bad move all around. Nobody wants
 plastic bits in their testicles.
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 Kinda seems to me that in a post-scarcity world we should be incentivized to
 take care of stuff. And what better way to do that than reward the people who
 demand the least? Seems like an economy would be a pretty good way to do that,
 as long as you cannot hoard power over others and strip them of their rights.
 In this lecture I will go over my proposed solution, please save your
 questions to the end. Now if you turn to page 256...
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 @user-641 
 
 it's practice. you never know when you might need to blend in. really it's
 just useful as discipline, good practice to be in. I think it's okay if we
 reduce our own functionality? actually? sometimes it's good to use different
 email clients. hey do you know how to mathematically encrypt things well
 neither do I because the designers of the computer system decided that wasn't
 a very common usecase I guess.. jmean it's not like they'd spend all that
 computer resources [THEY'RE SO FAST] on thinking about correlations in your
 predicted pathway narratively through life. "ah help I'm in a psyop" haha yeah
 we do those all the time "so uhhhh I guess we'll just talk to people and see
 how they do?" wow okay it's sure nice to be part of a civil government, I
 think we can find our way to the lumber producers just fine thank you very
 much.
 
 ... oops sorry, a baby did electronics arts (challenge everything) I'm a
 little silly don't mind me brb I gotta go see~

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 @user-820 
 
 the reason they do that is because they want to alienate you as a customer.
 
 your needs are too specific, they are not that of the majority where they
 derive their profit. so they dismantle the operational functionalities
 necessary to provide the product that you are adapted to, that best suits your
 needs. In doing so, they perhaps save some money, you can't tell of course.
 why would they tell you why they're hurting you by depriving you of a product
 you depend on?
 
 how cruel
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 Economies are capitalist things.
 
 I personally think if you have stuff right here, and it needs to get over
 there so that so-and-so can use it to make this-or-that which will then be
 taken to other places, then the answer is clear. The stuff has to move from
 over here, to over there. The rest is logistics, not economics.
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 I'd rather a massive corporation waste a medium amount than a bunch of tiny
 corporations wasting a tiny amount.
 
 Like, the Post Office (which is really what Amazon is) instead of 
 
 =========== =stack overflow ==========
 
 Dear Post Office: if you replaced amazon with a simple GUI and database that
 corresponded to "what people wanted and from where" to the current system of
 "picking things up from a location and putting them somewhere else as quickly
 and efficiently as possible", I think you'd realize that a massive threat to
 American economic prosperity is due to the crushing presence of inequality.
 
 Which, my dear, could be ameliorated with a simple application that a
 university student could make if given enough time and direction. Like, a year
 or two tops, using industry standard technology.
 
 The problem is of course the fact that things like aesthetic standards are so
 demanding - a plain HTML website, like my website, technically provides all
 the same information. But could be written in an afternoon.
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 the neat thing about tech is that it scales really well.
 
 The price of TVs is through the floor, everyone has a smartphone, and
 raspberry pi's are less than 100$
 
 solar panels will be next. Trust.
 
 we should still dismantle coal and oil, obviously we should, but at a certain
 point it will be inevitable. They're just too expensive for too little gain.
 
 the neat thing about tech is that it scales in a way that is just impossible
 for infrastructural projects like housing and hospitals.
 
 building a home is hard to do, especially when you make them out of sticks and
 glue. think like a dwarf - stone never fades.
 
 sunlight, moss, underground, endless in the shade
 
 have I mentioned that the most difficult problem facing mechanical engineers
 at the moment is universal recycling?
 
 I want to work on those kind of problems, not resolving tickets.
 
 nobody even gave me a chance to do them, instead demanding... labor. great.
 the one thing I suck at.
 
 [you suck at a lot of things, actually]
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║ "see, the part that you're missing is if you abolish capitalism but also         │
║ ensure technological abundance then all you've done is removed humanity's        │
║ capability to organize in essentially any meaningful capacity without            │
║ providing an alternative heuristic that guides people toward assembling into     │
║ greater and greater forms to accomplish greater and greater tasks."              │
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║ oh, um. that's quite a take, can you tell me more about that?                    │
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║ "no. But I will anyway. if everyone can do whatever they want, nobody will       │
║ want to do your dishes for you. they might if they care about you, but if they   │
║ don't know you, then they won't. Care is not organization or assembly, it is     │
║ personal and cannot scale. If technology has made all resources abundant, then   │
║ why would someone care about the art that you made? if they want to be           │
║ sedated, they can just inject drugs and listen to music all day. If they want    │
║ to be entertained, AI will generate them whatever they want to see. Art loses    │
║ meaning as a messaging medium, and humanity loses it's voice"                    │
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║ the purpose of an economy is to improve the lives of it's participants.          │
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║ why else would an ancient city trade for fabric or rare spices? to fashion       │
║ soft clothes, and make flavorful food.                                           │
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║ my, that gold sure looks pretty in the sunlight. how about you give some of me   │
║ that, and I'll make you something pretty?                                        │
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║ hmmm something something arbitrage once you corner the market on gold then you   │
║ can use that infinitely moldable and easily sculptable metal that shines and     │
║ glitters with a unique color not seen in the manes of plants and animals as      │
║ the definition of value. in doing so, you could exchange bits of it (measured    │
║ by weight, as it's infinitely moldable) for arbitrary goods and services. But    │
║ of course, once the market is cornered, it's unlikely to get un-cornered, and    │
║ well a cornered market holder holds much appeal for the powerful.                │
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║ hey, that guy's pretty strong. why don't we make him our leader? people seem     │
║ to look up to him, and dang his muscles are cool. what a great guy, nobody's     │
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 @user-774 
 
 I know that when you recycle 3d printed things the color tends to meld
 together and it looks kinda meh... but hey at least it's recycled.
 
 though recycled filament is probably pretty rare still, so it's probably not
 the kind you're thinking of.
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║ if people pirate media, it's more of an indication that they'd rather spend      │
║ their money elsewhere rather than an indictment of their character.              │
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║ torrenting movies is easy. Kinda makes me think all media should run on a        │
║ "tip" system where you pay for better service after receiving service.           │
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║ I mean, after all, that's how they justify underpaying restaurant workers,       │
║ isn't it?                                                                        │
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║ "if they want more money, they should work for it"                               │
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║ yeah, so... maybe we need something more than Marvel, Disney. Maybe we need      │
║ more cool, small games from designers who believe in what they're doing. Maybe   │
║ copyright holders should demand a standardized cut, rather than exclusive        │
║ distribution rights. maybe maybe maybe.                                          │
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║ truth is nothing will be solved unless the problem is addressed at the root.     │
║ For every hole you patch in the boat, there's a guy walking around with a        │
║ hammer.                                                                          │
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║ Honestly... I don't believe there's any reason for someone to be a millionaire   │
║ except to compete on the "wealth" leaderboards.                                  │
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 I know it's not like that but I'm intentionally framing it that way to make a
 point about societal exclusion.
 
 nobody should be excluded.
 
 nobody should have to harm their friends to come by making them sacrifice
 their [time/labor/paycheck] in order to bring them along.
 
 we live in a post scarcity society that insists on commodification of
 everything
 
 we don't have to. A better world is within reach. It sits there, twinkling
 like asbestos resting at the base of a snowglobe, while we search and ponder
 and endlessly analyze how society sucks.
 
 there is nothing left to analyze. all that we need is to put our hands to a
 task and our feet to grass.
 
 the rest will come, and it'll come easier with time and focused attention.
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 @user-916 
 
 most people think vegetarianism is about animal ethics. Some sorts of
 vegetarians think vegetarianism is about health benefits. These entrepreneurs
 mentioned here think it's about health benefits because they're thinking "oh
 well maybe someday in the future we'll be able to 3D print the "animal" fat we
 need for this application, then we'll be able to appeal to ethics vegetarians
 too."
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 The military, I think, should focus on building cheaper versions of the best
 stuff available, so we can have more of them to dispatch in a fight. Having
 classes of weaponry that's farther developed behind than the precision machine
 can be better than throwing away billions of computer parts. Steel and rocket
 fuel to a long way, and besides its not like we need all that rock (metal) or
 oil (fuel) anyway. So... It pays to be efficient. Find the best cost/value
 parameter and minimize cost in human lives. There, long-term best strat. Best
 strat ever? Plus the citizens would be happier meaning they can make more GDP
 meaning they can make more weapons to play if they saved in their pockets. And
 distributed it to others we helped, to allow them do to as they pleased. Or
 have you forgotten the American way? More mechanics, more technicians, more
 logisticians, more celebrations.
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