Relativity means that the Star Trek vision of a galaxy spanning society is probably an incoherent fantasy. Why pursue expensive, dangerous, and disappointing adventures in the real world when you can conjure any conceivable reality with perfect verisimilitude?

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34794248

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I don't the Jeff Bezos personally is the problem, but he and his peers are symptoms of an economic system with very messed up incentives.

Can you say what this is referring to, because I’ve read the piece and I can’t figure it out.

I often wonder what the Middle East would look like today if Iran has been able to use their oil wealth for their own democratic civil development.

I fully agree that there is a future for meat, but it’s got to be smaller amounts of higher quality, pasture or otherwise sustainably raised meat.

The way I eat meat these days is more as a supplement. A ham hock simmered in a large pot of soup. A single chicken breast in a large stir fry with a bunch of vegetables. It provides a huge amount of flavour and enjoyment, I’m able to afford to buy the best quality, and I’m convinced that it’s a healthier nutritional profile. I think it’s also a lot closer to how most people ate meat historically.

I was recently comparing cricket flour to various plant derived high protein powders though, and I agree, I couldn’t see the point. They seemed almost identical. Maybe there’s there’s some difference in types of protein that’s not accounted for in the big numbers?

And I think there is a precedent. We - multi-cellular organisms - emerged as systems to house and feed communities of single celled organisms.

I think it's likely that our relationship with any future, large-scale artificial intelligence will be like the relationship of the bacteria in our guts with us.

They are 100% authentic Italian by definition, but if you are looking for THE singular authentic Lasagna recipe you aren’t going to find it. Even within Italy there are huge regional variations, and the practice is continually evolving to this day.

I really like this chef’s outro (another lasagna video: https://youtu.be/zXZq6crD6WI) Basically he says “This is how I make it and honour my region and my ancestors, but you should make it however you like, and experiment, because it means the food is alive”.