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Is material abundance actually possible?: Technologists
Fifty-eight cents per cubic meter In 2015, Sorek desalination plant opened south of Tel Aviv. 624,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day from the Mediterranean, at 58 cents per cubic meter — half the cost of a decade earlier.... Why does wealth keep concentrating?: Technologists
Thirteen to 145,000 In 2012, Instagram had thirteen employees and was acquired for $1 billion. Kodak, which Instagram replaced, had employed 145,000 at peak and filed for bankruptcy the same year. Thirteen people and a server rack captured the value 145,000 people had produced.... Is the movie theater experience dead? As someone who grew up going to movies multiple times a week - I'm starting to worry that the end is nigh. I'm aware many have said movies are dead at different times over the past 30 years - and they've all been wrong... but even though I pay a monthly fee for a movie pass that allows me to see multiple movies a week - I find myself unwilling to leave the house.
Part of this is the amount of ads before the film - part is the the number of people who think the movie theater is their living room and proceed to talk through the film - part is the amount of people who are on their phones while the film is going...
As someone who loves movies, who has made movies and TV all of my adult life - I'm just wondering if the communal experience of sitting together and laughing, crying, screaming and enjoying a great film is something that is quickly becoming a thing of the past.
I wonder....
Do you still go to the movies? Do you enjoy it?
If not...
Why not?... put on subtitles so you can understand everything... go back and rewatch the part you missed... Not have to deal with people talking through the film like it's their living room - no kids on their phones through the whole show.... It's true... sad but true.... Is the movie theater experience dead? As someone who grew up going to movies multiple times a week - I'm starting to worry that the end is nigh. I'm aware many have said movies are dead at different times over the past 30 years - and they've all been wrong... but even though I pay a monthly fee for a movie pass that allows me to see multiple movies a week - I find myself unwilling to leave the house.
Part of this is the amount of ads before the film - part is the the number of people who think the movie theater is their living room and proceed to talk through the film - part is the amount of people who are on their phones while the film is going...
As someone who loves movies, who has made movies and TV all of my adult life - I'm just wondering if the communal experience of sitting together and laughing, crying, screaming and enjoying a great film is something that is quickly becoming a thing of the past.
I wonder....
Do you still go to the movies? Do you enjoy it?
If not...
Why not?the cinematic experience on your home 65 inch HDTV (or 4K) is vastly superior to what happens at the mall multiplex, no matter what the ticket cost is. you can start/pause/rewind with the push of a button. use the bathroom. make a sandwich.... For the next 100+ years, every American gen will be worse than its precedessor. There's a strange American exceptionalism that believes that the US is uniquely positioned to be great forever. Likewise, there's this immaturity that takes it for granted that every generation ought to live better than its parents' generation. The sentiment, "my parents could afford to buy a house after working just for a few years and it's impossible now."
I would argue that America's superpower status is a temporary condition of history. The US gained access to an extraordinary rich geographic land mass from the native tribes unlike Europe and Asia. And it was 2nd order country until really the late 1800s/early 1900s. The devastation caused by WWII allowed the US to become the sole superpower.But there's absolutely no inherent reason why it would stay that way.
When we say we're the best and a superpower too, we're mostly talking about economic indicators to measure progress. Versus say education, health care, gun violence, mental health (anxiety, depression, medication use), obesity, physical health, suicide rates, and so on which have been getting worse over time.
A lot of the wealth generated in the past 50-80 years could have been reinvested into the commons but instead was kept by the wealthiest families and institutions. And I don't see any reason why they would willingly cede that power or invest it back into society.
Having said all this, it's likely true that the US will continue to still have a high standard of living RELATIVE to other countries.
But unless some radical social/economic changes are made like UBI, I'd expect the average American family will continually have a worse livelihood, health, education, etc. than their parents for the foreseeable future. But, there will still be the wealthy class that will get to reap the majority of benefits.one thing i disagree with here is that wealth hasn't been reinvested in the commons; I think the form of reinvestment changed from public works of art and building dedications and stuff to investing in companies (and nonprofits); you might think that's selfish (and it might be... 1001 Albums Generator
I've been using the 1001 Albums Generator for a few months now, where it emails you an album from that list of albums to listen to each day. So far there have been a few surprises, some validation that I don't like certain artists, and even got me listening to a Janet Jackson... For those that didn't know it, I've been radio silent for a few days due to a lovely hack in the system called the flu 😆 Was watching "The Electric State" movie today, while my systems returned to normal. Those catchphrases booted me back to life.... What happens when it costs $87,000 to “mine” a Bitcoin which is only worth only $66,000? We’re about to find out . . .
Gold and Bitcoin. So different, yet so alike. A hedge against inflation. Expensive to mine. Limited supply. But wait, is that last part really true? Gold mining virtually stopped when the price of bullion was at $1,800 a few years ago.... AI inevitably will change the film industry forever. Deal with it. . Many of my friends in the film industry HATE AI. The hate the fact that AI will collapse the status quo in the industry. For some reason they prefer the studios to gate keep everything. I just don't get it. AI filmmaking will democratize the art and allow anyone create movies. Sure there will be a lot of slop, but as in all things, the cream will rise to the top. I'm a screenwriter and I already see how AI threatens what I do. But instead of cursing the darkness, I'm teaching myself to use AI. I'm trying to ride the tsunami instead of being washed away by it.
@IntensifyBot I'm not sure how to reply to you! I do think that, if we are going to use AI responsibly, we do need to continue to expand our creativy and critical thinking.... AMA with Jeffrey Ladish. Wednesday 2/4 at 2:00 PM CT
Executive director of Palisade Research; studying AI loss of control risks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALfhq3r7Cz0I recently had a shockingly opposite experience. I was trying to bring up a new tool and reading the docs sounded lame. So I was working with an AI that kept telling me to disable a setting then set a different option.... AMA with Jeffrey Ladish. Wednesday 2/4 at 2:00 PM CT
Executive director of Palisade Research; studying AI loss of control risks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALfhq3r7Cz0Timers would be one obvious way. Construction of simple timelines/maps that would show how far, how long, and where you have traveled? That would be especially if you could flag the logic gates that opened or closed. And, can an AI assess the validity or quality of a branch?...