KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 (edited) I've been trying to think of how people in the future will look back on our lives today and I realized people are going to think of our junk as cool nostalgia things. There's gonna be a guy who collects shit from our decade because he was "born in the wrong decade" in 2068. And then think of how barbaric we'll seem to people 100 years from now. Anyone else get a weird kind of vertigo from trying to see things from other perspectives? Edited August 11, 2018 by KimopoBotar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenigundam Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Perspective is... life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 Just now, Zenigundam said: Perspective is... life. You could probably use both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBarney Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Our jails/prisons and our agriculture systems would probably be the most glaringly offensive You know, other than our fossil fuel usage which will bring about the collective doom of our entire species well before any enlightened version of humanity could ever look back on our present day selves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I like to look at my room as a human habitat at a zoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, Nabloom said: Our jails/prisons and our agriculture systems would probably be the most glaringly offensive You know, other than our fossil fuel usage which will bring about the collective doom of our entire species well before any enlightened version of humanity could ever look back on our present day selves Things might get really really bad for a minute, but unless we turn Earth into Venus 2 there's probably going to still be people. Though they're gonna hate us for how badly we fucked everything up. America's prison system is glaringly barbaric today. But aside from the immense amount of greenhouse gases released by the farming of livestock, what's barbaric about our agriculture? Note that I'm not being an asshole, I'm genuinely curious and want to learn more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, Poof said: I like to look at my room as a human habitat at a zoo. Who says that's not the case? We could all be in a giant alien Zoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 1 minute ago, KimopoBotar said: Who says that's not the case? We could all be in a giant alien Zoo. If this is a zoo wheres my free kibble?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDayJizz#35 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I look at possible future developments from a modern perspective and just get angry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBarney Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, KimopoBotar said: Things might get really really bad for a minute, but unless we turn Earth into Venus 2 there's probably going to still be people. Though they're gonna hate us for how badly we fucked everything up. America's prison system is glaringly barbaric today. But aside from the immense amount of greenhouse gases released by the farming of livestock, what's barbaric about our agriculture? Note that I'm not being an asshole, I'm genuinely curious and want to learn more. There's a lot more than just greenhouse gases that result from livestock, such as huge ocean dead zones resulting from their waste runoff But livestock aside - monoculture farming generally, and the way people and places produce according to what capital and imperialism demands and coerces, rather than growing what is beneficial and sustainable for the local environment and the people who live there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KreiaDidNothingWrong Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I hope that my observations and questions create echoes, or that my books are remembered after I finish them. Whether they become memes or are seen as influential is of little importance to me. Actually if nothing about me is remembered I won’t care anyway. Because I will be dead, or in a robot body. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaBarney Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Just now, Nabloom said: There's a lot more than just greenhouse gases that result from livestock, such as huge ocean dead zones resulting from their waste runoff But livestock aside - monoculture farming generally, and the way people and places produce according to what capital and imperialism demands and coerces, rather than growing what is beneficial and sustainable for the local environment and the people who live there Google "palm oil bad" and "Bill Clinton rice Haiti" for some basic examples 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KreiaDidNothingWrong Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Nab tell them to read Desert ive never actually read Desert btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Nabloom said: Google "palm oil bad" and "Bill Clinton rice Haiti" for some basic examples I think I've heard about the issues with palm oil. Thank you for indulging my curiosity. Edited August 11, 2018 by KimopoBotar I a word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 38 minutes ago, KreiaDidNothingWrong said: I hope that my observations and questions create echoes, or that my books are remembered after I finish them. Whether they become memes or are seen as influential is of little importance to me. Actually if nothing about me is remembered I won’t care anyway. Because I will be dead, or in a robot body. I want a robot body. Or to become a part of the hive mind that results from direct brain to computer interfacing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 41 minutes ago, GreatBallsOfJizz said: I look at possible future developments from a modern perspective and just get angry about it. Like how we're fucking everything up really badly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 46 minutes ago, Poof said: If this is a zoo wheres my free kibble?? You gotta press the button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KreiaDidNothingWrong Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 14 minutes ago, KimopoBotar said: I want a robot body. Or to become a part of the hive mind that results from direct brain to computer interfacing. The most Egoist thing one can do is merge into a hive/superorganism to become a greater being a Superego if you will so same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Boo! 👎 down with thehivemind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 1 hour ago, KreiaDidNothingWrong said: The most Egoist thing one can do is merge into a hive/superorganism to become a greater being a Superego if you will so same I want to start a hive mind religion where you devote your life to making the world better for the hive mind when it arrives and becoming the best person you can be so that you have more value to contribute to the hivemind if it happens in your lifetime. Even if it never happens, people will be better. With that in mind 18 minutes ago, Poof said: Boo! 👎 down with thehivemind! Heresy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainyDayJizz#35 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 5 hours ago, KimopoBotar said: Like how we're fucking everything up really badly? I suppose so. I don't know how to explain it entirely... but I guess a lot of our resources are being gobbled up in territorialism which is one of the most personally sickening things. Maybe I've read too much Asimov in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 8 hours ago, KimopoBotar said: I want a robot body. I want like the GITS type thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrigunBebop Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Stand in the place where you live Now face north Think about direction, wonder why you haven't before Now stand in the place where you work Now face west, think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven't before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 27 minutes ago, TrigunBebop said: Stand in the place where you live Now face north Think about direction, wonder why you haven't before Now stand in the place where you work Now face west, think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven't before Actually i have and I've also thought about how I'm not sure i could tell direction without mountains. It's disorienting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 4 hours ago, GreatBallsOfJizz said: I suppose so. I don't know how to explain it entirely... but I guess a lot of our resources are being gobbled up in territorialism which is one of the most personally sickening things. Maybe I've read too much Asimov in my life. Perhaps. I've read some Asimov and i feel pretty much the same way. Not that I could ever regret reading Asimov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 1 hour ago, CAC said: I want like the GITS type thing. That's would be dope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, KimopoBotar said: That's would be dope. yeah I really need a new body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 Just now, CAC said: yeah I really need a new body. Me too. Mines all fucked up in that joints and has other problems. Wouldn't mind trading it in. Like getting a new sleeve in alerted carbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, KimopoBotar said: Me too. Mines all fucked up in that joints and has other problems. Wouldn't mind trading it in. Like getting a new sleeve in alerted carbon. Yeah that would be cool too, but the alterations in GITS are much better I think. Being linked to everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share Posted August 11, 2018 10 minutes ago, CAC said: Yeah that would be cool too, but the alterations in GITS are much better I think. Being linked to everything. Do you have a moment to talk about the hivemind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAC Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 16 minutes ago, KimopoBotar said: Do you have a moment to talk about the hivemind? no.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poof Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 9 hours ago, KimopoBotar said: I want to start a hive mind religion where you devote your life to making the world better for the hive mind when it arrives and becoming the best person you can be so that you have more value to contribute to the hivemind if it happens in your lifetime. Even if it never happens, people will be better. With that in mind Heresy! Borg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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