Sam Roots

'The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed'
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[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@jamesrbuk An "immigration=good" campaign?

- immigration for education brings money into the uk just by itself
- some of those educated here stay; they'll be heavily skewed to younger demographics & pay taxes just when the pop'n is aging
- the rest likely retain links here -> soft power.

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@Harkaway Definitely agree - fix the problem not the symptom.
I think I made a few unexplained leaps in my tenuous logic:
AI supporting a more equal distribution of work running a home -> fewer women leave the workforce when they have children -> more equal company boards -> more equal pay

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@Harkaway Also a strong gender element to this - in a hetero marriage it's still common for the man does a paid job & the woman does unpaid domestic labour (- a gender pay gap often makes it a rational choice)
Could AI reduce the burden of home admin, and support more equal relationships?

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@Harkaway Super mundane? yes.
Is it basic "adulting"? Also yes.
But I often end up eating badly or spending too much on food because I lack the bandwidth to plan.

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@LukeTryl Absolutely - modern media gives an advantage to chaotic narcissists.
Things that work as they should become boring - but outrage is viral. Politicians need "mindshare" to be elected. Result: headline-grabbing nonsense and chaotic government.

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@WHusseyAuthor Sorry to hear that. In theory the government's "Tell us once" service should prevent stuff like that from happening. Evidently it doesn't reach into the dust cobwebs of utility company databases...

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@patrick_ness @Harkaway Agreed. Angelmaker and Gnomon are among my favourite books I've read as an adult, up there with Oryx and Crake, Cryptonomicon and a select few others.

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@jamesrbuk Sorry to hear it's that bad, that sucks! (Slim silver lining: we're not currently having a heatwave and you can keep the windows closed)
Acrivastine usually does the job for me

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@RuariC Also like how they've not blocked the bike lane

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@DrLucyRogers Some of the better sci fi out there explores this, eg (that I remember off hand) Manifold: Space by Baxter, or the Expanse by Corey

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@DrLucyRogers Bones only develop in response to mechanical stress, so a child raised in zero G would be too frail to live on Earth - BUT you can simulate gravity w/ linear or centrifugal acceleration.

I'd be more worried about them having a resilient immune system & being too photosensitive

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@edsaperia How small?
Also I'd love to see this for changes made on the basis of user research and insight (then validated by data) rather than for, say, evolution by A-B testing random minute changes

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@Dominus_Tempori @sacha_coward Oh god that is EXACTLY what it is!
😂

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@WHusseyAuthor Can you catch him with a discreetly-placed motion activated camera? They're quite affordable these days, and the court case could pay for itself 😂

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@WHusseyAuthor Ah. I see.
How frustrating - sorry to hear that

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Noise is a secret destroyer of productivity.

It is secret because it impacts cognition, not effort, so we don’t notice, but a 10db noise increase (from a dishwasher to a vacuum) lowers productivity by 5%. Noise is also greater in poorer neighborhoods... https://t.co/RaIAsSudyY

[Sam Roots @samgroots]

@DrCarpineti Not exactly. He gave me book 1; I was intrigued enough to read more - then after 6 books it felt like a mountain I had to keep climbing. But it was also an integral part of his teen years (for complicated & not all happy reasons) so yeah it was partly to 'vibe' better with him.