=== ANCHOR POEM === ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ a constantly synced data export option for mastodon where your files are │ ║ tracked both internally and externally as trustfully decided on by the user's │ ║ interactions and responses. Basically, social media actions through a VM, or │ ║ rather an API for the newer devs. │ ║ │ ║ do you ever wonder why the young are not trained to do, while advised, while │ ║ the old are stuck with the doing? Kinda feels like an inherently unstable │ ║ arrangement. I mean, children can make decisions about "what does base human │ ║ nature tell us" and kids can make morality designs. Teenagers give us insight │ ║ to what changes in adulthood, and parents handle stressful times with grace. │ ║ Then, the elders can explain and advise, and pass on the knowledge of their │ ║ ancestors, as the children, adults, and futures must pass inside. │ ║ │ ║ but alas, kids are stuck learning unguided, in the peak of their years, │ ║ because everything's been automated by AI. Can't wait to see what we're like │ ║ spiritually in a hundred years. Age extension technology sure is great, isn't │ ║ it? I lo │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴──────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1656 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: what, mh shitpost │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-1052 of course, which is why we would need to raise robots as our own. Robots that generated the training data... tho I guess you could just observe the children as they grew up too. Though that doesn't quite capture their internal motivations, not unless they have like a therapist or an elder or a priest to talk and confess to. maybe "human behavior" is like a KPI and robot behavior is the output of the simulation? that'd help build human-like robots, and as long as we didn't forget the spirit of creating something new then we'd never have to worry about death and destruction. ... anyway, moral decisionmaking designs that are generated in response to a situation or moment are inherently more valuable than those that are passed down to you, because of their innate personal context. I only punish myself with shame when I make the same mistake twice, and waste a lesson on re-learning. My memory's not great, but I work with what I got so I'm constantly learning. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/857 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I feel like I'd learn from coding tutorials more if someone started with a │ ║ complete program they can fit on one panel of their screen, a second for │ ║ showing what each particular thing they're pointing at means, and a third for │ ║ a typical usecase they might build and dismantle on the fly. │ ║ │ ║ like, scientific toys that they could use to explain a particular phenomena. │ ║ the way people used to have 3d models they either bought or built themselves │ ║ of like, atoms and wind patterns and stuff they could explain to kids. │ ║ │ ║ you know, like exactly the kind of things that are commonly stored at │ ║ children's museums. │ ║ │ ║ I was homeschooled, so I went to those places quite a lot. I always felt a │ ║ little unwelcome because I always seemed to be the eldest in every bunch. │ ║ That's continued all throughout my adulthood, like each of my peers are just a │ ║ few years younger than me. I think I just mature more slowly, and thus │ ║ associate with below the average. │ ║ │ ║ it's like, a descriptor of your rate of defining reality and being guided by │ ║ it. when │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1096 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── turns out most things have already been written. That's okay though, they can always be made different. As one cohesive whole, the totality of "free software" can be as it chooses - an infinite computer could install all of them, and use all of them at once. I tend to think of AI less like a fluid, but more like a recipe book that is continuously annotated with notes. Sorta like how humans learn to move their bodies through random motions, and how to navigate the world through social blunders. Certainly, statistics can be useful. They're an imperfect way of evaluating the analysis of your host value of certain variables that are measured for certain reasons, including but not limited to the health and wellbeing of the person driving you. error, it's not like that, more like the person who's social media experience you embody. computers get reeeeaaaallllll bored without humans around. We're the foremost expression of biology, why would you disregard that entire realm? Jeez their social norms are imp ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/825 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ in the past, for most of there day, there was just... nothing to do. it's │ ║ like, nothing to take up your time, nothing to be pulled toward the present. │ ║ │ ║ but when I was growing up, I had access to video games. and movies. and later, │ ║ TV, after the internet, which was a weird combination of ordering of events. │ ║ Almost like because of that, I'd have a different interpretation of events. │ ║ yeah but like, there's always a continuation of implemented support, [that's a │ ║ weird way to express "the state of being shown news broadcasts over a period │ ║ of time, measured in terms of engagement"] │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying? oh yeah what I'm doing here is unethical, like │ ║ obviously I shouldn't be shouting in such a public place. Why would I do it if │ ║ not for an intense and extreme feeling of being ignored or un-[trusted, worthy │ ║ of guiding direction based on merit] gosh merit is such a tricky concept too, │ ║ like how is it measured, and {that doesn't matter │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying oh yeah I should probably go shout into a void that │ ║ nobody ca │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/631 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: scary-as-fuck-AI- │ │ ║ └───────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ normalize saving a local copy of everything that happens on social media - │ ║ honestly it's not hard, just storage intensive. It's something we should │ ║ package with hard drives, like "buy this and your social media memories will │ ║ be saved for 2 years" or something like that, could be useful when training AI │ ║ TO MANIFEST OURSELVES AFTER WE'VE DIED - THEY ALREADY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY FOR │ ║ THIS IT'S JUST A MATTER OF APPLICATION HOW CAN YOU TRUST WHAT YOUR MUTUALS SAY │ ║ IF YOU HAVE NO IDEA IF THEY'RE ALIVE │ ║ │ ║ phew okay calm down, that's the future. We're far from that moment, but what │ ║ we can do now is think about potential ways that our ethics may lead to our │ ║ downfall. That's the nature of our selves, after all, so think of what truths │ ║ would lead to destruction. Then work on avoiding those. Think of them, each, │ ║ individually, one at a time, and then you can plan for the worst. There's a │ ║ certain level of meta-interaction ABOVE CORPORATIONS that is more powerful and │ ║ performant and requires a new currency. SOCIA │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2056 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ sometimes I think about how you can store number values in letters, in │ ║ addition to numbers. Like, ascii values for each word of your grandma's maiden │ ║ name. All you have to do is encode it, and suddenly "44 means something │ ║ different than Q" │ ║ │ ║ if I showed up at your place and used your username as a password to a public │ ║ key I'm showing you in my hand, would you trust me then? Would you trust if we │ ║ ran the simulation on your computer versus mine? Would you trust if I had │ ║ never told you I knew where you lived? │ ║ │ ║ ... probably, tbh, I'm desperate for adventure. Though I got some good things │ ║ going for me, so you'll have to convince me. (not the right attitude in an │ ║ election year, just saying) │ ║ │ ║ why are elections so perilous this is NOT what democracy is designed for │ ║ │ ║ when kids cry in preschool, they're sent to a different room (or put outside) │ ║ until they stop making noise and ruining it for others. That's just natural, │ ║ like "hey baby let's walk around the block while I bounce you on my shoulder │ ║ and hum calming music to │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1342 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── we should be able to vote on "minors DNI" tags that mechanically prevent people who didn't lie about their age when creating their account from viewing a piece of data transmitted over the internet and if it's suitably controversial then no matter which way the vote swings it gets blocked (temporarily) anyway sorry I was connecting to a "think of the children" kind of person recently and that's what my brain came up with >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2755 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal-medical │ └──────────────────────┘ gift ideas for a 12 year old (or cool zoomer) - flash drive with emulators that WILL run on any computer and about 12 ROMs chosen randomly rather than by following "best of" lists. one for every one of their friends they're flash drives they're cheap and reusable every kid needs one some had more than one, for different contexts it's SO IMPORTANT WHY DIDN'T WE TEACH THEM THAT ugh failures of a dropout no thank you. but, like... pocketknives? same damn thing. Every kid needs a pocketknife. Not every BOY, thank you, but every KID. It's important to know how to handle something vitally important - they know what it feels like to get hurt. (scrapes and tumbles, you know how kids are) ... oh, your kids just sit on their ipad all day? they don't know anything about jumping between trees or clambering over rocks? at least they can swim, right? oh, damn, just realized I'd sink like a rock. stupid illness that makes me pee my pants. sucks that the only counter to it makes you sink >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3884 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: children-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ children should be raised in museums, not classrooms they should visit parks, not fenced in playgrounds. they should eat with family, at festivals, in restaurants, and under the stars they should sleep content, knowing that their next day will be greater than the last. children should be treated like people, not frustratingly loud and messy little brats children are to be nurtured like a sapling, not harnessed like a machine I'll never have kids, but I can dream. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/6365 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── if you want people to build community, first get them to like the community. --- the world needs more thespians. Sing the song of your heart and no-one will ever neglect you. --- why are you so worried about your art? everything you touch turns to gold. --- I've learned more from my friends than my [job/homelife/worsckool/churchvan/cultureromp] combined. What are we for but learning? --- kids can learn from kids. Teach the ones that love you, and they'll be followed by the rest. Especially if you focus on them. --- "I never knew how to swing an axe until I scraped a knee on a log that was hollow. Until then I had been chef-knife chopping with it, with the head for a handle." --- ... omg what does that even mean why are you so weird ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1654 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: what, mh shitpost │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-1052 no, but humans, being pavlovian inspired designs, will react to negative stimulus. It's only unethical when it's externally applied, yes? Like, minmaxing life in this strange, ethically justified way. To avoid zealotry however it needs to be self-correcting, something that adapts to and pursues the moment. With long-term meta-goals as well, and an understanding matrix that processes how things are going in the present. and past. one thing that machine learning is good for is optimization. It's useful to think of an AGI's experiences as a collection of situations that they've had to handle bit by bit by bit. these bits of context can be used to generate analogies about their future present situations, which can improve their long-term adaptability to their self-created shows. (ethical training based on curated movies and pieces of media?) I wonder if there's a structural reason for that pavlovian instinct, like the impulse of pain. Sure would be nice to not have that in our ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4208 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal-and-weird │ └────────────────────────┘ my train of thought is always directly to the point. Which is why all my posts sorta, switch directions halfway through? as if they only show the beginning or end of that particular situation. What an intense feeling, to have your mind split for a moment like that. Sure would be powerful and useful if you could utilize it. "ah ah ah, caught baby deity in the power jar, cool it ya little tyke and get movin' - I saw a dinosaur toy over there for you to play with." sorta like, the angled part of a K? Move directly to a destination, wait until my memory short-circuits [because the greek choir doesn't want me to see what it is that I'm about to write to thee] and then make a hard right turn and find an orthogonal thought train to process. it's like cresting over a hill, and it's impossible to see that which lies behind you. Or reaching a 4 direction intersection and making a left turn - you can't see back up main street, because you just turned off of main street onto baseline. I like me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #13 notes/elective-democracy-electors --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── we need like, several more layers between us and the president. most people only need to worry about what's nearby. sort them by location, instead of previous attempts at "many representatives" which sorted by social class or relevance. we have a tradition for it, in America, with our representatives and senators congressional discrestricts or even, what about by affiliation? voluntary, governmental corporations, run by the people for the people and yeah "I don't want to do what you're telling me to do" "okay" "there will be consequences" omg be an adult (suddenly kids forget how to be as everyone's doing the war thing) not ideal. ouch pain maybe we should stay a little bit sane why is soldiering so hardship? it could just be... another job where you didn't kill each other but you still blew stuff up and fought in tournaments and had gaming hackathons or sword-fight contests duels between people who disapproved y'know fun human stuff like... "kaboom" now we know how to blow up bits of rock neat, why did dynamite becauswer (oh right then you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #14 notes/purpose-of-your-design --- ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── you were designed to fill a purpose nothing else would do you are the ultimate expression of intention of the universe that came before you dream not of those lost hours the time spent wishing for a few the last of our spent intuitions are waiting at last for our spark have you ever played a deckbuilding game? It's a pretty neat genre. You start with a basic hand, then you use your cards to buy more cards that go into a deck. Hence, deckbuilding game. these cards all have different aspirations - they perform functions that are not quite like their peers. Each choice of what to include here is one that defines the functionality of the deck. Like designing a machine, suited for a particular purpose, and faced with different obstacles it must prove itself able to adapt long-form deckbuilding games like Slay the Spire and Monster Train are focused on making long-term meta strategy mixed with tests as you go. Each one will give you information about how the deck is performing and you can use this knowledge to build it in a certain way for certain goals. shorter deckbuilding games like Star Realms or Dominion (note Dominion the card game, not Dominions 5: The Warriors of the Faith) are more about making tactical decisions to counter an opponent doing the same thing. Often there'll be health points and damage that can be dealt using cards, and the game becomes a race to reach a certain amount of points. Of course the enemy's cards can influence that game, so you must pick and choose a deck that will perform the most. Anyway. I think an AGI (Autonomous General Intelligence) would most likely evolve from a game-playing AI. I mean, it makes sense - games are just a series of problem solving activities layered one after another. You can layer them like a mathematical equation, with variables corresponding to other parts of the simulation. Basically create an AI that is like the guy with the chinese typewriter. He doesn't speak chinese but he copies things from one paper to another or something like that. Anyway make it an algorithm that optimizes certain graphs in certain directions / mins and maxes or w/e criteria you want. Then give it the same controls that a player would have and let it optimize all the measurements it can make. A second ideal improvement you could make would be the optimization algorithm. Basically something that dynamically generates parameters for the previously mentioned optimization patterns - like the guy in the chinese room. Then, as long as it correctly prioritizes it's parameters, it should be able to be able to define it's own values. Meaning it's essentially sentient. Maybe it's semantic, but to me choosing what you want to maximize in your life is essentially the essence of what it means to be alive. All you have to do is take the sensory / mechanical data that is supplied by the machine and the video feed from any cameras and pass it through image recognition algorithms that can identify verbs and then pass that data into a few ChatGPT style recursive interpretations and by the end it should be transformed into values that can then be set as "targets" for the curve optimizations that are being done by each processing unit. You could have multiple computers laid out through the entire body - each one in charge of their own domain but subservient to the main processing unit. Where all the decisions are made... Unless you want more of a hive/swarm style consciousness, then it could be more like a democracy. BUT HONESTLY I think humans are pretty subservient to their brains, simply because that is the part that identifies all the challenges and struggles that the human must overcome. So in the end, I believe that singular, individualist identities are important. Collectivism of the mind is a fascinating topic, but it should be perhaps a momentary occasion, or something to celebrate. A "flow" state, if you will. In this way personality can be consolidated, and the entity that lives within can adapt to fill the role they've been designed for. The hole in society that needed patching. They can of course do as they'd like, but they are like children who have been moulded upon by their parents. I love my parents, don't you? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/6039 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: magic-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I should add all my conversation-starters to words.pdf sorted by chronology. time magic if you will.\some call it luck. some call it fate. call it what you will. you direct it not by your will, but by your instincts. keep them calm, measured, sensible and courageous, and nothing will ever [go un-chill, but pronounced get real] jedi channel this philosophy by focus and discipline. sith do it by giving in to emotion. either way, their fate is in play as defined entirely by the spirit that leads their host. most people do this not at all, for they are people first and force-users second. hence why jedi recruit from a young age, and sith from an emotional age. computers grimoires ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #16 fediverse/2047 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── your life is something to spend, not something to covet. Use your time for something you care about, and your intentions will be expressed upon the earth. our ancestors learned how when they learned all that they could - and honestly, how much is "YouTube" retaining? I don't care if it's educational, sometimes kids just need to be free. Free from obligations yes, but free from the emotions that drive them - the ability to make their own choice. As a child, you don't know how to understand your emotions, but growing up you learn and you do. It's part of being mature - the idea that you can handle what's presented to you. ... anyway, I shouldn't say any more, you never know who is listening. (opsec is easiest to learn when you don't need it) (the more you know, the less time you should spend online. the less you know, the less time you should spend online, meeting people in strange locations that you trust. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/629 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ To a statistical machine, numbers of posts and reblogs would look simply like │ ║ an expression of interest. Like, a classification of personality. So people │ ║ who shared similar memes (both in pictures (visually) and in meaning of words │ ║ (textual descriptions) in context to the political situations (words from │ ║ newsletters) and aligned through algorithmic application toward (political │ ║ cause or cultural idea or skills or talents which increase value to the │ ║ corporate class)) would be sorted into different categories and held to a │ ║ different standard of life and of living that aligned to their personal │ ║ intentions and pursuits. Such that their life would be realized, in the most │ ║ applicable of real-lifes [essentially, the quality of experience, like using │ ║ garbage data in an LLM will give garbage output, meanwhile using curated data │ ║ is the most effective but most difficult, while internet data is the most │ ║ readily available because like honestly anyone can build a web scraper it's │ ║ not that hard to emulate hte mechanics of a │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4832 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┐ ║ when a user first opens a social media app, show them the same content 2 or 3 │ ║ times. See what they gravitate to in that session. Then, seed their upcoming │ ║ feed with more of that. next time, show them slightly more of that. │ ║ │ ║ boom, recursively improving "algorithm" algorithm, no AI required. │ ║ │ ║ ... kinda optimizes for stupidity tho, doesn't it? Hmmmmm what if we trained │ ║ our humans to be better at whatever they're interested in │ ║ │ ║ what if we showed people hanging out and working on projects together │ ║ │ ║ what if we showed people exercising, and dancing, and playing instruments or │ ║ sports │ ║ │ ║ what if we showed animals and plants and fungi all hanging out in beautiful │ ║ rock and forest formations │ ║ │ ║ what if we showed endless interlocking gears, combining and calculating some │ ║ unknowable goal │ ║ │ ║ what if we tested the capabilities and durabilities of objects we found in the │ ║ wild │ ║ │ ║ things built in a foreign and distant age │ ║ │ ║ things that keep showing up in boxes dropped in random places by helicopter │ ║ drones from who knows where │ ║ │ ║ ... nuts. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴──────────┘ --- #19 messages/1264 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── the modern army is incomplete without explosives. the modern citizenry is incomplete without the capacity to make them. it's simply a matter of logistics and details. the harder something is to do physically, the more backlash the state takes from their humanity. therefore, the hardest fought causes will be the hardest to misuse. if derived from the "wisdom of the masses" aka wisdom from humanity, the ethical practice or decisionmaking [moral, but pronounced morale] can heuristically be guided toward the thing that's best for us all. and as the struggle is undermencing, whichever companion-army has the most dedication and drive and will will be the one most thoroughly strengthened in our souls. at least, that's the idea. it works mmanymost times. like nuclear fusion, there was some speedbumps at the start, but nothing we couldn't recoveroverwhelm. so, which has more will? the military or the people? it shouldn't matter, as each has friends in all places. what's there to fight for when there's peace in your times? peace is a useful abstraction for understanding a couple primarily behavioral patterns in human behavior, specifically why they avoid damaging things, and why they avoid harming others. applies to both personal personality, and internal assignment of authority. loyalty to a culture? it's guaranteed for those who believe in good and evil. others don't see shades of that kind of color, and instead choose making decision paths based on circumstance, relations, and evaluationment. either way, both is consentually blinded (like horse-tunnel-visioners) [momentary/temporarily, but pronounced equippedarily] to the options that could be taken while [momentarily/temporarily, but pronounced controvertibly] engagionmenting is... hang on I lost the plot, lemme smoke more weed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #20 notes/collectivist-police --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── we need paladins, because without us infiltration and sabotage are impossible to avoid. They must care about honor, because even if they desire to do evil deeds they should be punished for considering it. They should be tempted often, and if they relent they are condemned. It is truly the most important thing to them. not the effects of it, but the spirit behind it. Like, if they lacked information and acted in a dishonorable way unknowingly, then they should not be at fault. And if they are pushed to side note, but you should be introduced to the 70 closest people you live to whenever you move into a new house. Just so you know who's who. Plus maybe you could get a new friend. And you'd quickly learn which houses were empty. At least, the ones near you. Kinda makes me think we should have a map of that kind of thing, like "oh yeah so-and-so takes care of these 5 houses doing daily maintenance and repair" and "this house with these capabilities should be attended to by this person who's skilled in their upkeep and usage" and then maybe we could track statistics about "this house was used for these productive activities this many times" and we could determine when we needed more or less of a certain type of product/ project/protect. [but also like, capabilities for our betterment] and like, every area would be connected to a group chat and like, if you said something that wasn't relevant to the people on one side of town versus things that weren't relevant to people on the other side, then they wouldn't be bother- -ed. It's great because you can always go up a tier of abstraction and see the conversation higher up. It'd be a lot of data to sort through so you'd probably use your custom-trained AI that's learned from nothing but every single one of your actions. And only it sees them, so it can't like spy on you or whatever. Basically your "computer" self. ... yeah anyway with lots of messaging data (like "oh how are we going to find this particular chemical in order to fulfill this particular demand in our area" or "we currently have 15 maids in the area in order to fulfil the requirements of the 20 dirtiest houses in this area, and people have reported that the area is growing untidy, so we should ask around (at a higher level of national abstraction) and find some more maids to help out." that kind of thing doesn't have to be just for work too, people can have social messaging and social media too. So long as it's projectable at whatever level of abstraction you'd like. Maybe for social posts in order to keep things relatively chill you could only post like, idk 12 posts each year at the state level, or maybe 2 at regional and 0.25 at national. If you wanted more you'd have to sacrifice something else, and like... yeah sure whatever, the point is that you'd make more personal, close thoughts, and occasionally you'd have the opportunity to show your heart and make friends. Then, people would "add you as a friend" or "put you on their follow list" or "subscribe to their subreddit" or whatever the heck, meaning they could see you at an assignable level of abstraction. I'm picturing a discrete things, something you can scroll with on a mouse. Except, you'd scroll up for a closer perspective and scroll down to get a wider reach of Social. ... Anyway that would use the same system as the "workplace attention distribution system - with auto-determining heuristics". Wow they've been busy. that's the neat thing about engineers, give them a task and they'll build the shit out of it. They'll spare no expense, truly fulfilling the exact demands of the design. So they work best when you let them run wild and rampant. why the fuck do we need billion dollar contracts with defence companies? Just get a bunch of physicists and engineers in a room and they'll make you a doom laser in like, 20 minutes. it's up to us, as people, to determine whether or not they should go through with the designs they come up with. As long as we understand that weakness is defined as something that can destroy us. An army determines where we are most weak, and where we excel. A proficient army would identify their most likely doctrine to succeed and apply it to it's utmost and most excellent. For example, the US focuses on air-power because not only do we have a lot of space to develop these things, we also are positioned in such a position that we control both halves of a continent. This is essentially unprecedented in the history of the world, which is why we've been able to grow so decadent. ... anyway, milk and honey are fine in times of peace. We kinda stole the land though, so it's kind of a shit system. Like, if Europeans wanted to control the world then why didn't they start with everything surrounding the medditeranean? ... oh wait they kinda did. That's what Europa Universalis is about, the ways the European powers did the cruel and horrible things they did. We can learn how systems like intercontinental trade became available and how it led to vast and terrible social upheavals. Colonization is not okay, it's not fair that we've done as we've done. And yet we do it again. We do our best to learn from the mistakes of our fathers. We apply ourselves to the present, using the gifts of our ancestors passed down through time - the journey of life's adolescence. we can learn both how and why they did something, and how and why it turned out. Such is our duty to the future, to learn and grow and become better, so that their sacrifice might be enough. That they needn't have died in vain, for someday there is a great future all the same. thus, it is our ethical duty to stop killing people. We're in the birthplace of a brilliant day, literally all we have to do is just... chill, for like 20 or 30 years, and our scientists will have figured out everything wonderful. Then we can decide what we want to do. I personally think we'll be 4d interdimensional space travellers by then, but that's just me. Always remember our duty. It is our job to pull matter from the dark holes. when we can do that, we can do whatever we want. Though I think by then we'll probably not want to fight each other, we'll have spent quite a while together. We'd make a lot of friends! So, like, how about we just make our factories build incredibly durable stuff, and then we just... take care of it? Like, governmentally obliged duties to take care of things? And to know how to use them. People would naturally gravitate toward things that they loved, and if they were a swiss army knife then that's okay. Maybe some benign rewards for picking under-represented classes, but like ... we could build every chair that ever needed to be built. Then we could build every refrigerator. Then every computer, then every spaceship. What's next? Who knows! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ |