Well I think some loud voices point out the “factions” more than matter.

lol.

Curiously, I’m an ml user from before the “migration”. Back then there weren’t nearly as many options.

Is this about the capitalisation?

If so yes. Evolution of language is a thing. Older people just have to accept it at some point. But this just seems like a needle regression for the sake of doing something different. Does it come from some smart phone behaviour or something?

I think you’re definitely onto something here about the tone and string being a psychological buffer. It was kinda the point of Trek.

And Nu Trek just being a catastrophe in the end. Yea, most likely.

Thanks for those links.

Honestly, I think this is one of the big questions of our moment.

How can distinct societies with different technological eco systems co-exist on this planet?

We’ve got extreme examples like monks in monasteries, the Amish, Orthodox Jews etc. But at some point, maybe now, there may be many who’d really like and even at a psychological level “need” to live in a different ecosystem quite different from the wants of “the global market”.

You can try to get a dumb phone or not use AI or whatever. But thinking in terms of hard exclusions and ecosystem health seems to me necessary.

I was lucky enough to speak to a friend in the environmental space about 10 years ago. I was never a super fan of Musk but I casually muttered something about Teslas being good as electrics.

They interrupted the conversation and made it clear to the group that Musk was more of a bullshit artist than the public were aware and that we was unclear to do any good for the environment at least not reliably.

Then I spoke to someone in tech that clued me into the same perspective. I’d never realised how much of a cult of personality had been built around him until then. Seeing him unfold in this way since then has certainly been “interesting”.

Apart from the particulars of Musk, I think the lesson is to never get involved in a cult of personality.

My personal bet would be no. They’ll automate themselves away and slovenly play the corporate game before unionising. As a collective that is. Perhaps there’s lots to say about the culture of the profession, but I suspect it’s just too childish and spoilt.

Great frickin episode thoigh! O never liked the last two seasons, though I did like the Farscape remix. But I always thought that was a cool episode to go out on.