As ever, visiting Israel is a kick in the nuts.
I hadn't been in 10-15 years. The country has changed so much.
15 years ago, Israel felt like a third world country with bits of the first world. Today it is as developed as Europe or America. 15 years ago outside the airport you had to get a sherut (collective taxi) and haggle with a guy; today there's an app. The trains were so bad that Israelis refused to take them, now they have a (French-built) bullet train. Construction everywhere. Factories, which apparently are legal. This is a prosperous, GROWING country.
And then there's the other obvious difference. Kids everywhere. Families everywhere. Little kids running around and being kids is normal. Not just religious Israelis. Something I hadn't noticed has almost disappeared from the West until I saw it here: teenagers hanging out in boy-girl twosomes. Like the proverbial frog in the water, we haven't noticed that the West has become empty of children to an extent that would cause our grandparents to immediately embrace fascism--even to me who is aware of the problem in an abstract sense, the contrast was shocking.
We need to win. We need to win because otherwise the West WILL die. The hour is much later than we think.
@swhotch Sub for solution tips.
Btw, making Brave GIFs or playwright videos as a proof of work done is by far the best outcome production. Not burning receptors on text.
@Henryf1w Probably too late. It's as garbage now as anything else.
We probably have to wait until there's abundance in compute until we can get a reliable model