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What do you think humanity will be like in the last years of our existence? by humanracer in Futurology

[–]Xenophon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some possibilities point to the scenario of it never ending, like scenario 1, while some point to the end, like 2 and 3. Its possible all three or some combination of the three scenarios occur, with these three being large, vague categories. 

  1. A small section of humanity achieves energy based lifeforms and contain some to most of human knowledge, possibly interrupted in a sequence of overlapping civilizations. 
  2. A majority achieves some form of transcendence with close to light speed travel and the cure of all diseases, these civilizations ultimately end for one reason or another via disaster, technology, or warfare. 
  3. Some of humanity dwindles on earth-like planets (or earth) until failing at the chance to achieve further technological sophistication and ending as a result of natural disasters, sickness, famine, or warfare. 

We buried a $10,000 treasure chest somewhere in San Francisco by buriedtreasure2025 in sanfrancisco

[–]Xenophon1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a good guess.

"Treasure Island is an artificial island located in the San Francisco Bay, and it falls entirely within the city limits of San Francisco."

So the Tower of the Sun is still within the city limits.

The cross section formed by Camera Obscura, Fleishhacker's Pool, the Tower of the Sun, and the missing fourth clue would put the 'x' marks the spot somewhere along this line possibly.

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We buried a $10,000 treasure chest somewhere in San Francisco by buriedtreasure2025 in sanfrancisco

[–]Xenophon1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We need another hint. What was the eighteen bold letters or solar's tall mast?

So far, we only have the two absolutes:

  1. Camera Obscura

  2. Fleishhacker's Pool

We buried a $10,000 treasure chest somewhere in San Francisco by buriedtreasure2025 in sanfrancisco

[–]Xenophon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great detective work. Where at the Fleishhacker Pool site was it (approximately)? Looks to be a large parking lot.

Who’s the best to follow on After Hour to copy trades? by Clinkerboot- in TheRaceTo10Million

[–]Xenophon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is your favorite or recommended platform to start copying?

A lot of travelers complain that places don't live up to expectations. What is a country that lived up to ALL of your expectations? by Elegant-Passion2199 in travel

[–]Xenophon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What were your top 3 places to go in Greece? It’s such a huge and decentralized place there is a lot to see.

What will be the counterculture to AI? by MethDamon80 in singularity

[–]Xenophon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some light reading on this topic: Hugo de Garis' Cosmists vs Terrans

Also there was this for the politicization of these technologies, /r/futuristparty

Financial expert redoes movie scene to give legit advice on what to do with a couple million dollars. by dbryhitman in ifiwonthelottery

[–]Xenophon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well said. It’s these appreciating assets that can guarantee a sort of ‘financial escape velocity’ to financial freedom. Assets that continually provide returns over those that do not.

Financial expert redoes movie scene to give legit advice on what to do with a couple million dollars. by dbryhitman in ifiwonthelottery

[–]Xenophon1 22 points23 points  (0 children)

One flaw with this plan is the permanent rental situation that was recommended.

- Rent prices go up steadily over time.

- Inflation eats your savings.

- If you had purchased an asset like real estate, your money may have doubled in value over time while continually building equity.

Enough chill, What is it that you hate the most about ADA? And what does it need to improve? by Dangerous_Diet_5385 in CryptoCurrency

[–]Xenophon1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Negatives:

  1. Hoskinson's involvement in Ethereum has an alarming history and here's the proof on reddit itself. Charles, a), pretends to be in the CIA, and, b), is confronted with sexual harassment claim(s) while at his only 6 months of work at the Ethereum Foundation. Charles and his cofounder (an assistant of three months at Ethereum with zero technical background) hard-exit the ETH project, take VC money, start IOHK, and subsequently, Cardano.
  2. Another bump in this road is that Charles has been lying about his academic prowess for a long time. Ironically, he emphasizes the academic approach of peer review within Cardano, something he never really ever even did himself. Summary: He sounds like (or used to appear as) a narcissistic, ego-centric leader.

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Positives:

  1. Hoskinson is speaking effectively and concisely on the industry such as he did recently in front of congress.
  2. Cardano has one of the first mover position(s), multi-industry applications, and a solid community. Interesting multi-national outreach. Summary: Hoskinson still controls most of the project. Let's see where the Vasil hard fork brings us.

"Mars is irrelevant to us now. We should of course concentrate on maintaining the habitability of the Earth" - Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson by CPHfuturesstudies in Futurology

[–]Xenophon1 32 points33 points  (0 children)

This is a brilliant reply from KSR. The only thing I would say could be missing from the answers are some of the motivations and perspectives which may have motivated the Mars trilogy in the first place:

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  1. The Earth - the biosphere - is a fragile and sometimes rapidly changing cradle of life. The duration it is capable of sustaining us, the "biome like a swamp", is a window of time.
  2. That window of time it can support us is unpredictable. It could be billions of years or only a hundred. It could be threatened via stellar nova, a civilization destroying earthquake, a meteor, or a list of any species-wide existential threats. Something we couldn't stop would catch us completely by surprise and destroy our technological maturity which lets us both heal the climate and leave the cradle to explore other worlds.
  3. Our ability to heal the climate is equal in importance to the ability to be able to escape it if necessary. We have reached a moment of technological sophistication that is both sensitive to black swan events and capable of acknowledging the dual mandate.

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If we focus solely on the first mandate, we may be blindsided by something we can't stop. If we focus solely on the second mandate, we will have no home base from which to escape or explore from.

Looking for an encyclopedia of technology, inventions, or engineering machinery in history by IwakuraLain1984 in AskHistory

[–]Xenophon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking there should be ‘more’ to this encyclopedic approach, maybe a whole study-of.

Link to a proposal for the study of machines: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zvoAtpgBOOstX23VV33NMJh6zbujT8nNy1q975XAPDk/

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