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[–] T3CHT@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

So I imagine myself at the future factory in karma heaven trying to decide what I get to be and when.

Humans are interesting, they experience much over a short time, and deeply. Early humans have a visceral and satisfying life, hunting gathering and reproducing. Late humans, which is most of them, have safe stable lives with infinite opportunities around infinite stars.

Middle humans struggle. They multiply and have disease. They reach resource limits and have war. They are a brutal combination of technology and animal tendency which wipes out other humans and predators.

And their triumphs are glorious. From steam to electricity to transistors to space flight in a few generations. They take poetry and teach machines to sing. They make their universe larger by finding how much space is between atoms. They smash the atoms and fuse them together again on the way to their future.

I make my choice. Right there. Right at the middle of the change point. That's when, that's where.

Hello friends. Im here for the positive change. Im struggling, its what we do. Enjoy