Can anyone ELI5 what this database can be used for?
thericofactor
joined 2 years ago
Are nfts actually still a thing? I mean are there still people selling/trading them?
Well that might actually not be the worst thing to happen
I wonder if he realizes how he will be remembered by the world after his death, and how different that is that if he would have died, say ten years ago, or right before that moment when he wanted to rescue those kids stuck in that cave and went off on anyone that criticized him. For me, that's the moment it all went to shit for him.
Or: I suddenly realize my input is being monetized and fuck Reddit.
Tom Hardy. Taboo was very good.
Doesn't it though.
Stupid is asking questions without a question mark.
Great, another 26 year old that stumbled into wealth and thinks that makes him an authority.
Like those 20 something "executive coaches" fresh out of school I always seem to stumble upon on LinkedIn. They think they are incredible, but in reality they are only incredible in the literal sense.
Just the other day there was a writer that explains a phenomenon in her new book (can't remember her name off the bat).
She describes the fact that people always say "it starts with you", promoting individual action. Like, "if you want to stop climate change, why don't you become a vegetarian." But few people actually do.
She argued that it's not that people don't want to, however what's never taken into account is that the cards are stacked against the individual by corporations and (in many cases) government.
There are laws, marketing machines, price points and supply chains that set the virtual boundaries within which people can maneuver.
People still have enough individual freedom to keep a sense of free will, but under the hood, this free will is heavily influenced by what's affordable, normalized or in supply.
It's a pretty bleak view, and only solved by a change in politics where politicians actually want to work for the people and for democracy rather than for corporations.
The people can provide them with votes, corporations with money. This can lead to a government that benefits from lying to their voters while profiting from corporations.
The nineties were good. Less racism, less pandemics, no social media to make the world collectively dumber. Just silly clothes and hair we had to deal with.
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It poses a fascinating question whether unbridled growth of the economy is valid to support unbridled growth of population. Not saying that people facing malaria shouldn't be helped, but if it depends on an ever growing economy we might have a problem.