myrmidex

History might not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme!

Well put! :)

There might indeed be ways around the filter, e.g. a stable, non-exploitative society but they would never reach space. The filter might indeed not even exist, space could indeed still be young but I’m not very convinced. If space were young, and if it were to expand as it currently does, civilizations would have fewer opportunities as there would be fewer visible stars to explore. As time grows, chances get smaller still.

Let’s say humans do cling on. I believe they will face challenges that are too steep to make long-term survival probable. Not only the heavily pollution and the unlivable climate, but the depletion of basic minerals will probably prove too great an obstacle. That band of humans must have held on and maintained all current technology, and have sufficient power sources, to be able to do some deep underground mining, as all easy-to-reach minerals have already gone. Without technology or those minerals, I’m not sure how we’ll be growing food or cleaning the air to breathe.

I believe we’re seeing a universal law in action: any technologically advanced civilization will end up destroying itself. Whether it’s the warming due to extracted fossil fuels, or a nuclear war, or AI, …, there is, and must be, a seed of destruction in every advanced civilization. I purposefully say ‘must be’ because of the Fermi paradox, which should indicate to us all how any sci-fi future is forever beyond our grasp.

The Office when Michael left.

Terminator 3 is the last of that series in my eyes. The others - although not too shabby (excluding Salvation of course) - I regard as fan fiction.

Arrested Development - that last season just did not agree with me.

Community - things dropped off quickly when Troy left.

I haven’t heard of Greenwald since the Snowden files. What happened to him?

Now I’m intrigued. In what way did they modify the engineer? :)

Very cool! And also very handy. If you get tired of them, just reverse the current to some ocean wind turbines, and they’ll never make it back 😀

Of course. He’s rumoured to have partaken in pedophilic sex parties in the 70s and 80s. But that was before he was king, so that doesn’t count (apparently…).

Hahaha yes I would be more supportive of a royal sailing family 😄

What country is it that has these sailing royals?

Belgium :)

In my country we have 2 kings, one of whom complains he does not get enough money to fuel his yacht. No joke.

Yea I feel the same, especially after reading this article.

That’s what ChatGPT kept suggesting but no, doesn’t look like it at all. The graphics I remember hardly contained any greens. I can remember black backgrounds with harsh pink/purple borders and texts.

Having gone through some of the football manager games of that period, it seems the one I had back in the day was rudimentary, even compared to its contemporaries. I now suppose it was some hobby project that was distributed in small circles, and somehow got into the hands of my Dad, who passed it along. That was the seed for my years-long addiction to Championship Manager :D

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I don’t think so, that looks way too modern. I’m trying to find out the name but it’s hard with so little info :)

Off the top of my head: Savage Empire, LHX Attack Chopper, Operation Wolf, Lemmings, some German football manager game (I forgot the name, just Zuruck and Weiter are etched into my brain), Supaplex, …

If the term collective group is referencing the exploiters, then those are the cause of the issues. These cannot be solved without altering the economic system, which is a direct - and in their eyes violent - attack on the exploiters.

I agree with being careful stigmatizing groups or people, but that does not count for exploiters. They are the heinous villains of this world. They deserve no compassion.

Surplus value my friend, it’s all in the surplus value.

Even the Made In America stickers come from China lol

Beautiful, thanks!