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   sola (sol2070@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 22:35:34 JST sola

   Tec Chiang: "I’d be much more optimistic about technological development if we could prevent it from making a few people extremely rich."
   https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/life-is-more-than-an-engineering-problem/
   #books #sciencefiction #ai

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     cafetron (cafetron@bolha.one)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 22:35:33 JST cafetron

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     @bipartisan @sol2070 I do have a problem with extremely rich people as I doubt there is one single billionaire in the world who earned their fortune without evading taxes and/or exploring someone else's labor or intellectual property. Also because of their disproportionate role in humankind's environmental impact.

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     bip (bipartisan@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 22:35:34 JST bip

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     I don't have a problem with rich people. I have a problem with destructive pollution and overpopulation.

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     bip (bipartisan@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 02:00:23 JST bip

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     @cafetron @sol2070

     The source of humanity's environmental impact is too many humans.

     Full stop there. (Also: too much concrete.)

     I can't say that all billionaires cheated or that none of them did; no data.

     But in general, I think a lot of them have done some great stuff, like SpaceX.

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     cafetron (cafetron@bolha.one)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 02:00:23 JST cafetron

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     @bipartisan @sol2070 I'm intrigued, how many people is too many in your opinion? And how did you come to that conclusion?

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     cafetron (cafetron@bolha.one)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 02:04:19 JST cafetron

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     @bipartisan @sol2070 I agree with the 'too much concrete' part though. I'd rather have most part of it replaced with (native) trees.