This is like a supervillain origin story
It speaks, specifically, to the importance of avenues for grace and forgiveness for those who consider themselves to be lost or damned
Oldest tech best tech for this
Man, do they hate The Scorer
they aren't even against humans, they legit exist in a closed universe with a blind idiot God who demands tribute and judges their sins, an unreasonable Demiurge. Humans are so far beyond the veil they barely matter
Major story in recent years is North Korea becoming significantly wealthier and more developed as Kim moves to a model of Totalitarian State-Directed Industrial Capitalism with East Asian Characteristics. Unsurprisingly it is working. Isn’t there someone you owe an apology to?
Asia's reality is essentially this,
Asia manufactures and saves =>
Those excess savings flee Asian stock markets to chase US Bonds + Stocks since they offer higher returns =>
American asset prices rise further =>
Asian stock markets stay weak even further.
It also feeds into the K shaped economy within Asia itself,
the people balling the hardest in Asia always have some American exposure via either their finances, real estate or citizenship.
this is for film nerds who don’t care about anime, not weebs:
You have seen tweets about The End of Evangelion. It will screen again for its 30th in 2027. I URGE you to watch the show before so you can enjoy the film in a theatre. It is a Twin Peaks level masterpiece. I promise.
Researchers built a soft floating robot for indoor interaction.
It uses helium and flapping fins instead of propellers.
The result is quiet, lightweight, and safe to touch.
It can follow people, give reminders, and act as a study buddy.
Published at ACM DIS 2026.
After reading more history, I've come to think that land reform is one of the biggest evolutionary transitions for a civilization, and a great filter. If you can't do land reform, you're doomed to mediocrity or catastrophe. If you can, almost anything else will be forgiven