I’d put it above all the TNG movies, too.

And The Undiscovered Country

Welp, I totally misunderstood the question then. Sorry.

Have you tried emailing the authors? It’s well known that some folks will gladly respond with a copy of the paper at no charge.

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I always thought the cyberpunk genre was a warning, not a blueprint.

He was a guest on her podcast when he said this, so no, it’s not stupid news.

Depending on who you ask, it also means “I’m a Republican who has no issues with drugs and minors”.

Honestly, the No True Scotsman fallacy should be renamed the No True Libertarian. Ask one hundred libertarians what a libertarian is, and you’ll get two thousand different answers. So it’s no shock this guy “isn’t a real libertarian”.

If only there was an article to read.

I totally misunderstood what you meant. My bad.

I’m not even sure what it is you’re attempting to ask.

Oh, they have enough food for 2+ million people?

“Nobody’s perfect” makes it sound like the UN was corrupted. It was never about all nations having equal say. It is functioning as intended by the post-WWII major colonial powers. You, I, and everyone who was ever told that the UN was there to make the world more fair and to give everyone equal say bought into a lie the UN successfully sold us.

The “people who envisioned it”, however, were imperialists. They merely claimed that’s what they wanted the UN to be to make it more palatable to those who would fall under the control and influence of the Big 5. The UN has always been, and will always be, a tool of imperialism as long as there are countries that have the ability to rule by minority (see the vote for a ceasefire in Gaza. Only three counties did not vote in favor. Ukraine abstained, and the US and Israel voted against. Because the US has veto power, it didn’t pass )

Nah, because while the UN is a good idea in theory, it’s just an extension of the American empire as it is currently organized.

And then does nothing to stop it because it’s being held hostage by the US.

One has nukes. The other doesn’t have a standing military. They’re not “similar enough” at all.

One is fighting for freedom. The other is committing genocide. They are not the same.

Turning into? Sure, if you asked this back in the 80s.

Even further, ChatGPT isn’t an AI, and AI doesn’t exist.