of course we should be using all renewables now (as well as nuclear), but the world will only need more and more energy in the future. Sustainables are a bridge and a supplement, but for long term security, fusion is the answer. fusion empowers us to do whatever humanity is capable of.

i see a lot of naysaying in the comments and a lot of superstition.

the one thing you all got right is that it will never work in the hands of capitalists. however, that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work in the hands of academia.

another thing that i think somebody in this comment section got right is the acceleration of fusion power. it’s obvious that fusion power works. we just can’t work out the details to make it net positive and scalable. i think those things are possible, and that we need all the help we can get to develop it.

something i don’t see people mentioning is how an AI properly trained on human behavior could lead us down a path of sustainability without making us feel like we were forced to. with the right carrots and sticks, you can lead humanity to water and make it drink.

but none of this is possible without abandoning capitalism and unifying the world. we have to move away from nation states and fiat currency. and guess who are the people that stubbornly cling on to these concepts across cultures? conservatives and the religious - these are the two most cancerous concepts in the human species. roughly half of the human population across all cultures are backwards minded people clinging on to outdated concepts and unwilling to let go of the idea.

if you can figure out how to eliminate conservatism and religion, utopia is within reach.

it’s true, but the demand for intelligent meta movies seems low

you know how long it takes to find a decent movie now? forever. the whole industry is beneath me. I gave up and watch ancient mesopotamian docs and otis gibbs.

it takes people to make it profitable

Alrght. I’m leaving a comment here as a reminder to come back to this thread and tell my creepy pasta story.

EDIT: i read the lamp story. it was ok i guess. mine is similar.

well, i guess when everything sucks, you get to be snobby about it. maybe we should try to fix it rather than attack the messenger.

libertarians, rich nerds and crypto bros

like i said, the right.

that’s boomer movies, dufus. i’m solidly gen X, the greatest generation since… the greatest generation.

not my fault your generation bought into the MCU and killed cinema.

i mean, you feel attacked, so of course you respond this way

i think the right needs to be intimidated in general.

obviously, any real revolutionary should be obsessed with concealing their identity at this point if they want to be an effective combatant.

i see a giant target whenever i see one of those things.

like, if bad things started happening to cyber truck owners (who are obviously cowards like most big truck people - obsessed with their own safety), people would shun those things like the plague and musk would get his come uppance.

right now, it’s become the new culture war motif - another stupid thing for stupid people to defend.

because you don’t feed the viewer biases. like good music, it can be interpreted in many ways. let the viewer decide for themselves. if the viewer is too dimwitted to draw their own conclusion, then let them fuck off as dimwits should.

my kind of movie! ye of dimwit status be warned.

exactly

i can’t wait to see it. they don’t make good movies any more. this might be the exception.

Coppola might be one of the last great filmmakers left. I fear there won’t be any good movies ever made again after he and a few others pass away. It seems there is no good taste left in younger generations.

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there aren’t always non-violent solutions. i accept that reality. it’s nothing to be proud of, but i would be ashamed if i couldn’t deal with that truth.