Basically, the rate that the capabilities of technology increases is about double every year, year and a half.
So, it’s rate is increasing along an exponential curve, which is going to get to a point where new technologies are created pretty much instantly, bringing on the technological singularity and resulting in an “intelligence explosion”. Which sounds cool.
1 The only place of imprisonment mentioned in the books is Azkaban, which is fucking terrifying.
Murderers and rapists, sure, chuck ‘em in a cell and throw away the key, but what happens to those that use magic illegally, commit fraud, or are petty thieves? It seems like everyone just ends up in the same soul-starving place.
1 Referring to the thing in the movie, not the movie itself.
1 Are people not aware that literally anyone can call themself a nutritionist. The term is not protected. I could put ‘nutritionist’ on my resume and nothing can be done about it. It’s like bounty hunter or homeopath; you just have to call yourself one to be one.
If you want advice from someone that actually knows their shit, talk to a dietitian.
All the magazines with the how-to-lose-ten-kilos-in-a-day diets are full of absolutely bullshit from so-called experts with no more actual qualification than a highschooler.
North Korea is threatening America and South Korea and whether either decide to take action isn’t really the point of this post but I’ve just been thinking
Australia, whilst we’re allied with America, is more or less safe in the event of war because there would be no point in bombing Australia. Bombing us would be too expensive given how few of us there are.
I’m not trying to disapprove of god or religion or anything here. Your life led you to what you believe. This is what mine led me to.
I don’t claim that there is or isn’t a god, because it just doesn’t bother me.
1 The insistent separation of science and religion annoys me.
Science is effectively religion, because its acceptance in society relies heavily on belief - or faith - of the average person.
