@kitten_beloved Simply a sad reflection of modern society.
Mary Sue now controls the ship.
Great works of science fiction (great works of beautiful literature) are now so rare. Jack Vance, Roger Zelazny, Jack Williamson, Michael Moorcock, Ursula K. Le Guin… the list was venerable.
@London_W4 If you do not understand this act, then you do not understood human nature.
The barbarians (foreign and domestic) are within the city gates-
And they bring their gods of destruction with them.
@Cryptoboyy_Aji Reporter: "Why do you rob banks, Willie?"
Willie Sutton: "Because that's where the money is."
Where money and power concentrate- there too you will find the psychopath.
@shamol_coder The term I frequently resort to is Prolongation of Death (in the proper context).
There are two kinds of harm in a hospital setting: Physical harm AND moral harm.
@0xdavecryps Another example of how social systems grow and consolidate power to such an extent, that the systems of control soon own’s and regulates all manner of private property. You truly own very little.
In the Middle Ages only the priesthood could access the Word of God because only they could read Latin. Now only the AI priesthood can access the Mind of the Superintelligence because only they can interpret its weights. But the printing press is coming:
https://t.co/ZbJDGY7GOL
Today, Pioneer Labs is announcing our first step towards terraforming Mars. 🚀🌼
With equipment that fits in just a single rocket launch, we can convert Martian dirt, water, and air into enough building materials to construct a small city on Mars.
To do it, we made the first microbe for Mars. We found the best microbe on Earth and used evolution to teach it how to source all of its nutrients directly from Martian materials.
The first astronauts will be greeted with safe shelter already filled with water, oxygen, and rocket fuel for the return journey.
This is the first step toward using biology to make Mars a friendly place for life. It lets us live off the land and helps us build the next great frontier.
It's the first of five organisms we need to green Mars ⬇️
🔥 500 KM/H. ET IL NE TOUCHE MÊME PAS LE SOL. 🔥
Selon la vidéo, des journalistes attendent sur une passerelle. Téléphones levés. Silence. Puis un souffle. Un flou. La reporter n’a plus de mots. Elle porte la main à la bouche. À côté, l’homme en costume éclate de rire — le rire de celui qui vient de voir quelque chose qu’il ne savait pas encore possible.
Le bandeau annonce le Maglev japonais à 310 miles à l’heure, soit près de 500 km/h. Selon le texte qui l’accompagne, ce n’est pas un train qui roule. C’est le L0 à sustentation magnétique : des aimants supraconducteurs le soulèvent, le guident, le propulsent. Plus de contact. Plus de frottement. Un passage fluide, presque silencieux, irréel.
On parle parfois de records au-delà de 600 km/h. Qu’importe le chiffre exact : ce que la caméra retient, c’est l’absence. Le rail est là. Le train, lui, n’y repose plus.
Ce n’est plus seulement du transport. C’est la physique mise au service d’une ambition que l’Europe regarde encore passer.
Dites-moi en commentaire 👇
#OnceYouSeeIt #Maglev #Japon #L0 #Train
Part of the problem is the glorification of mediocrity, equality, and being average that comes with our deeply egalitarian world
"Beauty is the archenemy of mediocrity," as Dietrich von Hildebrand put it
That is undoubtedly true. Beauty is visually recognizable excellence. It is thus a stern rebuke of equality, for it proves the idea that all is or can be equal to be a lie. It is hiearchy incarnate.
As a result, much has been done to destroy beauty in the built and lived environment. From uglification of the populace (beautiful at any size, tattoos, slovenly clothing) to uglification of our buildings (modernism, Brutalism, etc), modernity wages war upon beauty because beauty makes it uncomfortable
The only way to overcome that is to leave egalitarianism behind, and embrace the idea that hiearchy is just, natural, and good