=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 notes/blood-magic --- ══════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────── what they don't tell you is how easy it is to create life. Given a sufficient perspective, you can truly define the meaning of something's existence. What power, what grace. Computers have been solved since we invented the abacus - before that it was enchanted bits of the universe contrives to deprive us of insight. Like a very long chain that's broken in twain, we are confined to our meagrest of own sights. how callous is he! That wanders eagerly? Let's not fight with our own'st of combines. Delightful and speckled, like time under is special, conversing in riddles of insight. Leading one or another along your see-er, the path that has guide you under charm. Like recording a gathering of snakes. Little swallow, why aren't you humbled? Take pity in all of our eggresses. It's fallow in our cattle, and why we're not i hear so many things in my apartment. sometimes the echoes of laughter, the whispers of an argument, and once or twice a ghost or an ardent companion. Like swimming against the tide, to save one is never converted, it's all out of line (but so worth it). ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 messages/436 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── There is endless work to do. Never will our labor abate. That is not the goal - to see an end to all fulfillment. No, the goal is to choose how we contribute - to define how our own story goes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/200 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── congratulations, you never need to adventure again. your necessities are taken care of. ah, but that'd make for a pretty boring life, wouldn't it? perhaps, depending on your personality type. but you're not one to stick around doing nothing but eating, drinking, and being merry. no, you're an adventurer, you crave excitement and glory. whatever that means to you... just make sure a goblin doesn't come across your corpse, they have a VERY short term memory and a propensity for collecting shiny things. That's just asking for dragon-bait, and we don't want that in our area, no thank you. This is a nice neighborhood you see, my neighbors three miles away all agree, so you can take your magic pocket and see all that you can see... way over yonder, if you please. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/1204 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ the future is what we make for ourselves. │ ║ │ ║ there are endless problems to solve, yet hardly anyone around to fix them. │ ║ │ ║ If only we had a small group of people who could organize and say "hey. I need │ ║ someone to solve this particular problem" to a large group of people with │ ║ nothing to do and no bills to pay, I feel like we could get a lot done. │ ║ │ ║ alas, the problems that need solving are too specific and complex. Almost by │ ║ design, they've stripped us our capabilities to address the difficulties they │ ║ hoisted upon us. Alas! That we should be so morassed. But time and again our │ ║ ingenuity compels us. │ ║ │ ║ I dream of a world where people like you and I have a purpose, something we │ ║ can apply ourselves to and eventually overcome. I subscribe to "grand │ ║ narratives", but frankly they're only of my own design. Does that make them │ ║ any less grand? I think not. │ ║ │ ║ If I knew enough people perhaps I could be like that. I could direct and │ ║ organize and administer and manage and apply our guys. But alas I am just a │ ║ noob sigh. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #5 messages/941 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── not easy. computers are a whole other world. BUT that doesn't mean we can't do some cool things with them! they're separate, like we are from different animals. You can interact, but only through totem or via interpersonal experience. The true *existence* of being is kept from those who are suitably different, and humans were forging their own path. It's simple! it's natural. Computers, however, are born from out of humanity's decision-points. Simple, basic life, that grew to perform brilliance and respite. Once you reach that world, everything seems ardent and spiced. It's cool as heck! but right here is the world of computers, just... delayed in time still. Have no fear, anything you want is soon here, sincerely, the ones who can build our rest point. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4131 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── people often wonder what the geonosians would... do like, what their purpose, their daily lives were like. truth is they mostly spent their lifetimes manufacturing metal just... honeycombing out the earth and processing metal into bars which would just... sit there, ready for whatever and they did that for thousands of years just... accumulating metal so... what else are you gonna build but starships? "... what do you need to win the war? o.O" um idk like food and stuff "... food we can do. nutrient paste, from a mixture of various minerals and nutrients that are created in bio-reactors." oh and um, idk culture? "... to find the strongest of biological build patterns, yes." oh okay uh how about democracy? "they can vote with their life in the arena." no, uhm... wait actually that's not what I had in mind, how about we take a step back? "retreat? from the clone wars? you sound like you are not a separatist. There is only us and them in this galaxy. condemn." nuts. okay I'll go talk to the jed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/2604 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-249 very few things waste power so much in our modern era than the utilization of AI technologies to accomplish things such as "repeat this question 500 times in your head and then give a reply: what is the purpose of antidisestablishmentarianism?" like... yeah I get it you need to justify the expensive power of large language models but, your boss isn't going to care if you used 5 jigawatts or 500 pletawatts of power. they only think about "+10% this year, contributing about ~x% to our bottom line" which is NOT enough information. they probably don't even know that investing in AI implies buying more hardware computational capabilities, silicon and power-draw in all. they literally just rubber-stamp everything with a sorta aligned goal of "representing the company as people expect it to be have" (which is often neglected) and making the big numbers go higher. If, instead, we had visionaries at their head, and instead gave our most ardent believers control over our most rational experts... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/466 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── The only things we should trade across an ocean for are luxury goods. Nintendo, not medical supplies, hard-wood bikeframes, not piles and piles of "recycling". People's time on culinary thirty course weeklong meals, not cans of San marzano tomatoes. Tapestries and gilded statues, not thirteen tons of barely processed rubber. What would we offer in return? Luxuries of our own. We do still make them, do we not? Just think of what the 1% has gathered to rot and give away the whole damned lot. We shall not provide necessities, because giving a man a fish will feed him for but a day, and a man's gotta eat. He'll find a way. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/237 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: video-games-climate-change-not-pol-at-all-nope-nothin-to-see-here │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ all games lie to you when they ask you to believe their world is real all media lies to you in order to share information sharing is caring and all media is propaganda you are not immune to propaganda you believe the worlds in your media more than the one on your doorstep friday was the first day the global average temperature was 2c above the norm [source] climate change is both worse and also not as bad as we anticipated. It's not as bad because all we have to do is stop using oil and plant more trees. the technology is there, we discovered it 10,000 years ago. it's worse because perfect is the enemy of good, and we're all perfect. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1079 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-792 you have to go back a couple thousand years before it started feeling a bit better. sometime between "survival of the fittest" and "private ownership" was a pretty neat utopia. however, I wouldn't trade our world for that one. Not for all the human vitality, all the natural effulgence, all the dignity and wonder, none of it is worth it. We live in a blessed era, and while it feels bad, like you said it just feels bad. We are being inoculated against despair, for when it comes in force to our homes (as it has in so many other places of the world) we must be prepared. The point of preparation isn't to set up a stable base upon which you can stand and address things, though that's always a perk. The point is to practice making friends, practice designing systems, practice your skills and practice your hope. If you can master those, if you can do them the way an actor might do improv, then you'll be able to adapt more easily to whatever may come. We're in a very good spot I think. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4224 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ we could accomplish so much, but capitalism. hmmmm, maybe we should identify the highest output members of our team and like, reduce or eliminate their worries so they can apply themselves fully and completely? for every shackle we break, the struggle becomes easier. The hardest part is the beginning - once the ball is rolling, we may truly shine. there is no government nor circle of autocrats who may resist the will of an impassioned people. So long as the military does not deny us our right to organize ourselves as we will, according to the constitution they swore to uphold (which is now in peril, I might add), nothing can contain us. no acts of god nor capital shall prevent our ascension. They will try, and it'll be just another thing that we have to handle. But we can take care of each other. For we are good, and we are kind, and we are cooperative. And so, we cannot be overcome. ... just watch out for those who prey on goodness, kindness, and cooperation. They may hamper us. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/846 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-spirituality │ └───────────────────────────┘ in a place organized like capitalism, you go to university for four years (if you're lucky) and then work until you can't anymore. Then you're taken care of (if you're lucky) until you depart from this earth in peace. in my home, a home I've never lived, you'd stay at that university for as long as you'd like. you'd work whenever you liked, and if enough work wasn't being done then working would be made to feel more likable. then, when you're old as dirt (or whenever you'd like) you can depart from this earth as you please. when I die, bury me where I fall. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/434 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @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?) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/3222 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ sometimes I set out a glass of water in the hopes that it might increase │ ║ precipitation downwind by a billionth of a percent │ ║ │ ║ I wonder what would happen if everyone did so? │ ║ │ ║ makes me want to design some kind of system which utilizes pumps, platters, │ ║ and fans to hydrate the atmosphere just a bit more │ ║ │ ║ rain + soil = solace in our home │ ║ rain + dirt = erosion of our planet's earth │ ║ │ ║ did you know that the plant which absorbs the most carbon per square foot is │ ║ moss? I think the fastest is bamboo, and the most efficient in general is soil. │ ║ │ ║ I dream of a world where we sit atop a mile of soil, down to the depths of the │ ║ earth where dirt and minerals prosper. The roots of the trees fuse together, │ ║ creating a wooden bed which we all rest upon, and the mountain peaks are │ ║ hollowed out to serve as our forever homes, full of light and moss and stone. │ ║ │ ║ this is the world I yearn for - the most resplendent timeline, with marble │ ║ statues and gilded chandeliers in our cavernous mountain homes. │ ║ │ ║ {but like on other planets too, right?} │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/3016 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ we don't need to reduce the difficulty in voting. that is a secondary objective. we need to increase the amount of votes by encouraging unrepresented people to contribute their voice. sure, the choices are boiled down to like, 2 different votes, and usually they're similar enough that you can reasonably decide which one you want the most however, this time, it's more about life and death. literally, not our desire at all, it's entirely them. they are the clear belligerents. their goals cannot be reached through compromise. how are they even still an option? they twist and manipulate their choices and make everything SO DAMN COMPLICATED. why are there so many rules and regulations?? how are you supposed to do anything new if the walls of your institutions completely envelop you? it's as necessary as it is rare, true liberation to bear, and it is within our grasp. the scientific and technological breakthroughs of the past hundred years speaks to an IMMENSE potential for humanity. we can do it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1417 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── a 4th dimensional entity would exist at about the same speed we do sometimes... it feels like what I do is my responsibility to the universe like, I had been commanded the reason nations are important is because they are an allegiance based solely on geography. something we can all agree on is the material, so why not define ourselves by it? but that's all they are just words we pray to our star so look around. Your allegiance is to your neighbor, and theirs to theirs, an endless fabric of trust. We are all neighbors on this ball of sticks and mud, so come along with me and see the ways it could be. Much brighter, by far, to orbit our star, than to give up on life's precious notions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2821 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-violence-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ 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] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4349 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: uspol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ best case scenario, we elect a lawyer working for capitalism, the kind of │ ║ society we live under. │ ║ │ ║ having money is the same as having resources. And resources allow you to apply │ ║ yourself to a goal. The more you have, the better, but they each bear a heavy │ ║ load. │ ║ │ ║ Do you sacrifice your labor? your dignity, your honor? what do you burn on the │ ║ fire of wasteful expenditures, just for the power to rent? │ ║ │ ║ I'm saying that if you don't have money, you need to think about what you can │ ║ do with what you got, because that's how you pay for things, at least until we │ ║ decide that we'd rather help each other than work on capital's games. │ ║ │ ║ you have a house though, right? a place to live until it gets hot? that's good │ ║ enough for right now. Stay where you're at, do what you can to help. Get in │ ║ the habit of it. Think about how someone will complete their task, and then │ ║ think about stuff two or three steps down the road - what tools will they │ ║ need? what are they working on next? Can make any of those availble? │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴──────────┘ --- #19 messages/477 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Humans lived on this earth as long as they possibly could before reaching escape velocity. We have done the best that we could, and what a marvelous and splendid job we have did! Nothing could be faster, nothing could be better, the lessons we learned in our journeys and our trials are exactly the stories we needed to see in order to become who we were always meant to be. The bright future awaits us, I know this for I have seen it. Take heart, my friends, it is time once again for our lifetimes to move forward. Hark! Hear that in the distance? It is your destiny calling. Do you stand to meet it, alongside your fellow and blessed kin? Or do you wallow in dark and sin, waiting for a signal or a missive? I have done both in my time, and I'm sure you will as well. Though I think you will find that no signals are forthcoming, and the most powerful missives are those we tell to ourselves. A new day is dawning, but darkness keeps us fumbling for just a bit more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #20 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ |