Rubber has been replaced with oil.

Fertilizer has been replaced with Natural Gas that comes from the same place as oil.

Coal usage has been replaced/displaced primarily by natural gas, see above.

Wood, or deforestation, was a real problem in the 1920's, but many uses were replaced by plastics (oil) and natural gas. Sustainable forestry helped a ton here too once it hit the paper industry's bottom line.

Oil is certainly not solved, so we solved 4 out of 5 with the 5th.

That aside, working with complex systems and constraints there often isn't an aha moment, there's just a decision to be made. As someone who loves that aha moment, I can get stuck trying to figure out perfect from good enough. Interesting to see there is indeed a positive emotion correlated with that aha moment that keeps people searching for solutions.

I wonder if there's a correlation between addiction and this aha moment. Like you get drunk and suddenly "aha!" those big unresolvable problems don't matter. The next morning they matter again until, aha, beer:30 hits.

An earlier iteration of your reply said "Is that really winning?" The answer is no. I don't think any class of SE end up a winner here.

If anything we'll see disposable systems (or parts) and the job of an SE will become even more like a plumber, connecting prebuilt business logic to prebuilt systems libraries. When one of those fails, have AI whip up a brand new one instead of troubleshooting the existing one(s). After all, for business leader it's the output that matters, not the code.

For 20+ years business leaders have been eager to shed the high overhead of developers via any means necessary while ignoring their most expensive employees' input. Anyone remember Dilbert? It was funny as a kid, and is now tragic in its timeless accuracy a generation later.

Kind of like choosing an outfit for a funeral vs a birthday party.

Thanks for sharing, but for most this is, as you said, terrible investment advice.

Consumes a bunch of info that no human ever could. Develop a map of said info. Generate content. Rinse and repeat.

I'm not claiming it's the same for everyone. I'm not claiming concerts are going to go away. I do however see a valid business opportunity in creating a new class of seat.

Remote workers could go together, long distance relationships could make it a date. Rural Polish fans of Japanese metal could see a more immersive set than just a YouTube video.

The issue I see is that FB doesn't have a moat for this type of experience. Anything in the metaverse can be replicated by MS (discord + Xbox), Sony (hardware experience + Playstation), or maybe a partnership between Valve, ticketmaster, and Twitter.

In short, virtual concerts, probably. FB being saved by them, probably not. But hey, I've been wrong about Facebook since their IPO.

So the system did flag her and those in charge ignored the recommendation of race officials.

I don't have the Russian credentials you do so I'm only able to guess at reasons something so unreasonable can be supported.

It's not as if every Russian has the luxury to say what they want and not fear extreme retaliation.

Instead of "Russians", think instead "diverse group of humans living under a violent, jealous, unpredictable regime."

Just like victims of domestic abuse struggle to escape their abuser, it's not as easy to say "fuck off" or actually leave as keyboard pundits would have us believe.

If you want some history about making lists, check out the McCarthy Trials.

You directly say with no info except that the OPs friend is white that he probably coasted by most of his life. Seems like you're the one slinging racist stereotypes.

OP was sharing an anecdote of his friend's experience of an unlevel playing field. Your response is to undermine that concern based on race! Ironic, no?

If it comes down to choosing who next to make rich off search, why reward those who've already benefited creating the modern status quo?

And if these people were passionate about end user privacy and rights, their positions within Alphabet we're much better poised to make a difference than spinning up a new search engine.

Maybe their experience makes them perfect to compete and their intentions are good. Search is too ripe with opportunity and too difficult to keep useful that a regression towards profit at all costs is mandatory.

If tracking and targeted ads are a given, just give me the ability to blacklist seo spam, unwanted ads, and other low quality content. That's the killer app. Track away, just give me some control.

If you're concerned about ads and privacy, your info and eyes are probably worth more than an average click elsewhere.

Maybe I've just gotten cynical.

Forgiving loans will continue to increase demand (and prices) for housing and other assets, right?

Also throwing eggs at the boat just makes work for some poor souls who will have to clean it. The boat is designed to withstand the ocean, it can get wet and be washed.

This whole thing is so silly, I'm compelled yet embarrassed to comment.

The shared compute I saw was Golem, which is pretty neat actually. Not sure how you join the network without either sharing compute or buying into ETH with a traditional currency, bringing us back to square 1.

But as a speculative asset crypto is great! Many a mansion and Corvette have been bought with crypto gains while I'm on the sidelines wondering what the hell is going on, every yesterday being a great time to buy and every today seeming like tomorrow's the day I'd be left holding the bag.