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possiblyaperson

@ possiblyaperson @sh.itjust.works

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  • Do you believe in free will?

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  • I'm not sold on the whole universe being deterministic, but Robert Sapolsky has a book called Determined which has pretty much convinced me that we don't have any agency. He's a neuroscientist, and breaks down what goes in to our actions based on the immediate causes, our environment, our upbringing, our culture, and, in my opinion, doesn't really leave a place for agency to remain. I don't really understand his arguments well enough to articulate them here, but I think he's done some interviews on YouTube which I'm sure will cover the gist of it.

  • What will the world be like in 10 years?

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  • Considering that we could just end up with covid 2 tomorrow it seems that any answer is going to be arbitrary so might as well give an optimistic one. The West's slide to the right is prevented by a leftist surge as parties such as Labour and the Democrats realise that they can't win by trying to attract the right, and so instead double down on progressive policy - which works for them as they're able to reform their image and start really appealing to the people.

    AI slop starts to falter as it feeds off of self-produced training data until it becomes literally incomprehensible, meaning that it can be easily ignored or not understood by the majority of people, as well as being banned on the rising stars of the internet: federated social media, independent streaming services (think Nebula, Dropout), and newly-independent news sites, like Giant Bomb.

    The climate change issue is now taken more seriously, as the generations unfamiliar with the internet who could be sucked into misinformation rabbit holes start to die off, and policymakers who have grown up understanding the existential threat it poses to all of us take power.

    The workplaces of large corporations start unionising, even illegally at first, and establish strong community centred power bases which are used to demand better treatment not only in the workplace, but also to bargain with the government. A focus returns to the local community.

    (I know all this is very wishful thinking, but figured the thread could use some more positivity 🫶)

  • What's your time travel bucket list?

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  • I'd love to see the future, because I really am hopeful for humanity to move beyond all this bullshit to some post scarcity utopia :)) Failing that, I'd probably go watch Phineas Gage's big moment, because, woah.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    possiblyaperson @sh.itjust.works

    How do you find meaning in life?

  • I can't believe it

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  • I can't lie that looks genuinely amazing. Yes I am British, how can you tell?

  • Thinking on switching to linux

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  • You can always check proton.db (it keeps a track of how well steam games run on Linux).

  • Name an artist/group that you are surprised isn't more popular.

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  • Without a doubt my favourite band of all time. They're 99% of what I listen to. Seriously: if someone reading this is nervous about the future and hasn't listened to How To Leave Town, you're missing out.

  • Trans @lemmy.blahaj.zone
    possiblyaperson @sh.itjust.works

    Just ordered DIYHRT for the first time