Sif the Monk

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@sarcasticSyzygy @xwanyex @EigenGender It’s not straightforward to draw an equivalence between far right and far left views, since the left is ontologically a revolutionary force. The conservative position is the one which was previously defeated; the far left example you provide is a push to do more of the same.

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@sarcasticSyzygy @xwanyex @EigenGender Booting the white people would then be the far, far right position. These are analogous conservative views, which have inherent weight (but not guaranteed legitimacy) because they hearken back to a society which actually existed, and in some sense functioned for a time.

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@dvorstone Incredible to think of those humans millennia from now considering us as we consider those from the deep past; deeply inferior in beauty and intellect—even without the leaps and bounds of improvement in these traits which could be realized via direct technological intervention.

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@QuasLacrimas This makes sense; relative size would also be important in terms of resources. More efficient to allot more food to the partner who is already the fighter and defender, and needs to signal dominance, and minimize expenditure on the already weaker partner. Really the same point.

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@martianwyrdlord All that generational pressure could be used to fuel space colonization. Also, people would naturally respond by reproducing even less than they currently do. Not a development that necessarily destroys civilization.

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@Andercot Perfection

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@FischerKing64 Wealthier women of these ages can now look something like women in their twenties looked fifty years ago. Sometimes you meet a woman in her early forties who passes as a modern 25. Will likely see larger age gaps cropping up if derm tech improves.

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@Ortgeist Portals everywhere for those with the eyes to see

[captive dreamer @captive_dreamer]

None of these people can ever explain to you why "Native American" tribes weren't given US citizenship for being born in the US until 1924. None.

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@SchrodingrsBrat Their hypermasculine stoicism, our unbeautiful nihilism.

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@PanDaoism @shinboson I’m not sure this works if one isn’t a PanDaoist.

[Simon Sarris @simonsarris]

the great benefit to reading fiction, even if years later you do not remember the particulars of stories, is that you carry the moods with you forever

this richness of moods is a kind of internal vocabulary

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@GC_Strategos It’s conquest over potential, not over nothing. The same argument could have been made about each and every stage of terrestrial exploration.

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@GC_Strategos Taking advantage of the resources of the solar system accrues significant benefits to even an earth-bound civilization. Elements on asteroids and lunar surfaces, abundant and accessible solar power, all should be acquired.

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@Techno_Jack @yacineMTB Very true, and sometimes in forming a well-posed prompt you answer your own question.

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@Mone454501 It’s going to be ok

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@dystopiangf The call of the void

[Sif the Monk @monk_sif]

@PalmyrPar If aging is drastically slowed in the future, especially visible facial aging, this show will be a quaint example of the final decades when people cared about age gaps. Everyone’s tripping if they think there wouldn’t be 20-year-olds dating 90-year-olds, see all vampire novels.

[orph @orphcorp]

What terrifies me is if AI were to cure cancer and save 50 million Americans. Imagine the backlash from hardworking scientists who wanted to cure cancer themselves?