I was focusing more on the death part, and that dying in such a setting is a small step up from despair if arranging hope existed. Even if considered impossible, it’d basically be euthanasia which is still better than a true death of despair.
However I was also talking about physical preservation. A digital copy does not do anything for me. Though yeah, revival conditions would still be a worry either way if it could not be put into some kind of revival contract.
Not what I am saying at all.
I am talking from the perspective of the US medical system, living in a rural area without a car, isolation etc. If you didn’t reply to the wrong person I’m not sure how you interpreted it that way.
they can’t become a comrade if they died of despair
I believe it could happen one day, if some nerds can figure out how to do brain preservation. (well, that and whatever tech/biology stuff is needed to revive and support a brain)
I mean the can’t-get-out-of-bed part probably isn’t some quick fix if-only-someone-had-told-me-doctors-exist-sort-of-thing. It probably points to larger, unchanging issues.
In some cases, the answer could be “move”… but again that is not viable for many, even if we’re just talking about housing cost.
Yeah, I am at the point a med-sci student could convince me to let them attempt to preserve my brain.
My life now is such that life in a VR* network ran by non-profit scientists in the future would be an improvement. Though I would like to have options for existence, so long as homeostasis is not an issue (ideally organic and symbiotic systems rather than fully tech). Toasters should get to enjoy nature once-in-a-while, too.
*= Which maybe you could say is Virtual Retirement
I’m just undefined that there aren’t more list items to miss.
In an alternate universe:
“Why’d he do that?”
“Why wouldn’t he?”
I am an O.I. (organic intelligence), I just need to get my brain preserved. I’m sure the MPAA would love to have a defendant getting (technically) sentenced to death (even if the charge was for an over-the-air TV show that ended its syndication in 1993).
🎵Wouldn’t you like to get away?🎵
The problem I have is that preventing euthanasia does not mean there will be a significant effort to reduce the desire for it in the first place. If anything, I would say there are also perverse incentives (particularly in the US) for not allowing people to have that choice (also leaving isn’t really viable for many suffering either). Ideally using those choices would push a government for some changes… although I know it probably would not fix malice, greed, or incompetence etc.
Personally I would take a chance to test (physical, cheap) brain preservation if it were an option (esp. if I could set some revival conditions/scenarios). I know there would be no guarantee, though it is the tiniest step up from non-existence and I do think it should make some difference in the tone.
Honestly I am not aware/well enough to even fix the kinks in my own system let alone hop or do much real development, so that’s a no from me for moving to a platform with low support to a platform with even less support.
If we could just get the brave to get out of bed in the morning…
Buy a house? Best I could hope for (assuming I could even make it to the border without a car) would be if they’d let me get into the MAID program. A tester for cheap brain preservation, if I’m lucky.
This is not a joke, I find the pearl-clutching about euthanasia silly when the alternative is business-as-usual (particularly here in the US where social programs are fought against).
Your first mistake was assuming that Linux users would ever watch a video. That’s definitely the issue here, you need more text to convince people that they’re wrong (it is a good use of your time, and a worthy goal).
You fool!
Be a good grandma: Tussle your grandkids’ hair and tell 'em YOU WILL EAT WHEN THE FOOD IS READY!
you’re going to have to take a few tiny steps towards society, because society won’t make the first move
I feel like this works both ways. See Bowling Alone. Loneliness is a rising statistic, though unlike others I see isolation/escapism(/internet usage) as a symptom not a cause. I think money is a big reason.
Not sure about OP, but some of my perspective is from living in a tiny village in car-centric USA so there is not much social here for me, if anything at all. The “my people” are probably out there, perhaps even nearer than I think but that doesn’t mean we’ll ever have reason to know each other.
They need to change the likeness a little.
Elo, who? What? Nooo, he’s… uhh… Æléon 3000! Does it at all resemble a real set of events that happened? I sure hope not, that’d be an interesting coincidence.
Seems a bit odd to have so much standard, correct-era tech. Having anachronism seems like the point, the futurism bit. Like Quadrilateral Cowboy, or often Cowboy Bebop.
The one exception may be the stuff like that Nissan 300ZX (1985) digital dashboard, that feels anachronistic in an entirely different way. I could imagine a 3hr video essay on how expensive the design was, or perhaps a Technology Connections breakdown of the functionality/workings/issues etc.
I’m hoping more for brain preservation (non-upload, lower cost like chemical fixation+non-cryo). Get me out of here.
I’m hesitant to swap DEs, XFCE has WM tweaks I really like (accessibility>hide title of windows when maximized) and on top of that I made my own ultra-minimal XFWM theme (frameless, 12px titlebar, works well for a rolled-up music player or watching a video in mpv looking like PiP).
I mean you can buy it here in a normal store. So I’m not sure if you mean a dentist can’t use/provide it, or if you’re thinking about the nano forms of it.
Edit, just saw this:
the FDA regulates dental products like toothpaste as cosmetics rather than therapeutic agents for cavity prevention
Interestingly, many ingredients used in dental care, including fluoride, are employed off-label. This means they are used in ways not officially approved by the FDA but are still considered effective based on scientific evidence and clinical practice
This sounds completely backwards, like if you are talking purely about investment.
If not it seems to completely ignore that high prices alone would discourage spending, particularly of things you absolutely don’t need (even then, don’t think for a second that there aren’t people skipping healthcare or meals).
The only other way I could interpret would be that high prices force people to spend more money on just essentials (even if they’re buying less than they otherwise would), somehow painting living paycheck-to-paycheck as a good thing because it means more money in the economy.