Then maybe we need to come up with a solution that is neither communism nor capitalism. This is the 21st century, yet we are we still arguing over economic theories from the 18th and 19th centuries.
As I resident of Seattle, I do prefer the machines. I haven't talked to a bank teller in decades. I favor fast food that has on-line ordering. I favor grocery stores that have self-checkout. I genuinely hope that a side effect of this measure will be an increased effort to automate as many services as possible. Expending human labor on menial tasks is a gross waste. Either a task is worth paying a living wage or a person's efforts could be better spend contributing to society in some other way.
In control of the vehicle? Maybe if you're a professional, trained stunt car driver. 90% of drivers are going to slam on their brakes and pray for the best. Which brings up another issue: the autonomous car doesn't have to be better than the very best drivers, it just has to be better that the average driver. And the average drive really isn't good in emergency situations.
Most of those: power down engine, alert the driver and transfer to manual control. An autonomous car doesn't need to handle every scenario, it just needs to recognize when a situation is outside its parameters and let the human take over from there.
Did you read the criticism section? The Stanford prison experiment and the related Milgram experiment are considered case studies in bad experiment design in early psychology.
Funny, I feel the same way about the rural areas and suburbs. Every other house is a meth lab. Schools are terrible because they're full of latch-key kids who's parents are too busy commuting to spend time with them. One hour round-trip drive to go to any entertainment.
OTOH, the last 20 years of gentrification has actually cleaned up the core of most US cities.
Your example shows why it's pointless. It's just a chunk of plastic with no particular use. Probably took hours to print, but after you've look at it and said "Neat!" it just collects dust.
I disagree. One of the implicit assumptions of the Drake equation is that systems that did have planets would have a high probability of configurations similar to ours. What has actually been found is that number of different planetary configurations is much greater than we ever imagined. The number of microstates in the partition function has gone up so the probability of finding any particular state has gone down.
Why would life be boring? If computers could make the big decisions, it would free up mental effort the same way mechanical machines freed up physical labor. People on one end of the spectrum could spend their time on leisure and recreation. People on the higher end of the spectrum could pursue intellectual and creative efforts.
That's true. That's also not the point I was addressing. Besides, actual living on the street homelessness isn't a resource problem, its a mental health (including addiction) issue.
You are just inventing problems. If everyone has tons of free time to commit to artistic pursuits, like painting or cooking, then there's going to be so many pieces of art and fine meals that even these things will cease to be scarce.
It wasn't all that different than it is now aside from some of the technology advances.
You are dismissing a lot of important changes with that sentences. Washing machine, dryers, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, central heating and AC: these are important time and laborsaving devices that were unheard of 100 years ago, but taken for granted today. Indoor plumbing and electricity were still rare in rural areas.
And don't even start with 200 years ago. Any lower-middle class American has a better quality of life than Napoleon did 200 years ago. In 1812, even king and emperors were literally wading through shit. The Palace of Versailles is a gilded tenement building.
What kind of barriers to entry on the ballot do you place that (a) prevent people from running just to exploit the lavish campaign fund and (b) don't require a large, well-financed campaign to achieve?
The big blockbuster movies are just advertisements for toys anyway. Sy-Fy quality movies don't sell merch the way that Disney/Pixar/Marvel/Star Wars movies do.
According to the second chart, the number global warming papers is growing exponentially each year! By the year 2100, our cities will be flooded with papers on global warming. Crops will fail because global warming papers will blot out the sun. We need to end global warming research now, before it's too late.
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Then maybe we need to come up with a solution that is neither communism nor capitalism. This is the 21st century, yet we are we still arguing over economic theories from the 18th and 19th centuries.
As I resident of Seattle, I do prefer the machines. I haven't talked to a bank teller in decades. I favor fast food that has on-line ordering. I favor grocery stores that have self-checkout. I genuinely hope that a side effect of this measure will be an increased effort to automate as many services as possible. Expending human labor on menial tasks is a gross waste. Either a task is worth paying a living wage or a person's efforts could be better spend contributing to society in some other way.
In control of the vehicle? Maybe if you're a professional, trained stunt car driver. 90% of drivers are going to slam on their brakes and pray for the best. Which brings up another issue: the autonomous car doesn't have to be better than the very best drivers, it just has to be better that the average driver. And the average drive really isn't good in emergency situations.
Yeah. How's that any different then when you have to slam on your brakes during any other emergency?
Most of those: power down engine, alert the driver and transfer to manual control. An autonomous car doesn't need to handle every scenario, it just needs to recognize when a situation is outside its parameters and let the human take over from there.
Did you read the criticism section? The Stanford prison experiment and the related Milgram experiment are considered case studies in bad experiment design in early psychology.
OTOH, the last 20 years of gentrification has actually cleaned up the core of most US cities.
I feel just the opposite. I don't understand why being able to see the seams in Superman's cape makes it a more entertaining movie.
How people have been wrongfully convicted and served life sentences? You're betting human lives either way.
Since when? Tell me about this method for giving back the years of someone's life when they've been wrongfully imprisoned.
Your example shows why it's pointless. It's just a chunk of plastic with no particular use. Probably took hours to print, but after you've look at it and said "Neat!" it just collects dust.
3-D is ok for a one-off prototype. But who needs a $1000 device that takes hours to print a happy meal toy?
A shift in climate zones would be disruptive to industrial scale agriculture if it happened too fast. That's about all I can think of.
I misread the headline as Kerbal instead of Kepler. I've been waiting for more planets to crash into.
I disagree. One of the implicit assumptions of the Drake equation is that systems that did have planets would have a high probability of configurations similar to ours. What has actually been found is that number of different planetary configurations is much greater than we ever imagined. The number of microstates in the partition function has gone up so the probability of finding any particular state has gone down.
Why would life be boring? If computers could make the big decisions, it would free up mental effort the same way mechanical machines freed up physical labor. People on one end of the spectrum could spend their time on leisure and recreation. People on the higher end of the spectrum could pursue intellectual and creative efforts.
And I'm pissed off that some dumb law prevents me from selling crack. How dare the government interfere with my profitable enterprise?
That's true. That's also not the point I was addressing. Besides, actual living on the street homelessness isn't a resource problem, its a mental health (including addiction) issue.
You are just inventing problems. If everyone has tons of free time to commit to artistic pursuits, like painting or cooking, then there's going to be so many pieces of art and fine meals that even these things will cease to be scarce.
You are dismissing a lot of important changes with that sentences. Washing machine, dryers, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, central heating and AC: these are important time and laborsaving devices that were unheard of 100 years ago, but taken for granted today. Indoor plumbing and electricity were still rare in rural areas.
And don't even start with 200 years ago. Any lower-middle class American has a better quality of life than Napoleon did 200 years ago. In 1812, even king and emperors were literally wading through shit. The Palace of Versailles is a gilded tenement building.
What kind of barriers to entry on the ballot do you place that (a) prevent people from running just to exploit the lavish campaign fund and (b) don't require a large, well-financed campaign to achieve?
Because there's no story. Manna is an interesting thought experiment, but there's no characters, conflict or plot.
If you live in an apartment or condo, where are you going to put that drill press?
The big blockbuster movies are just advertisements for toys anyway. Sy-Fy quality movies don't sell merch the way that Disney/Pixar/Marvel/Star Wars movies do.
According to the second chart, the number global warming papers is growing exponentially each year! By the year 2100, our cities will be flooded with papers on global warming. Crops will fail because global warming papers will blot out the sun. We need to end global warming research now, before it's too late.