OccultIconoclast

The Minds don't use fences or leashes. The Minds have more power, sure. They look after the factories and keep the trains running. But power doesn't mean control in a society without coercion. The Culture doesn't have laws.

Technological advancement without social advancement risks oblivion

The Minds don't control society. One guy decided that Masaq' Orbital's badlands should be covered in pylons with a gondola network to travel between them using wind power. So he convinced a bunch of people to work with him, and they made it happen. Even though Masaq' Hub doesn't like the pylons.

The Culture doesn't control its citizens. They can do whatever they want. The Minds just help out.

Go watch Frieren. There's a profound sadness in the premise, but then the show answers that sadness with love and hope.

Well then they can have The Culture instead. Every citizen of the Culture has a big house, and gets to spend all day going to parties and doing extreme sports. Every citizen is as well off as a real world billionaire.

Because they're anarchists.

You're not too bright, are you?

Fun fact: all babies are nonbinary. They're not old enough to have a gender identity yet. They're agender.

Why is Jesus white

I know plenty of people who have ADHD and depression. So they're not always positive. But I think even with depression, they're usually more fun than most people.

Isn't Gabe's net worth literally just the value of Valve? In order to cash his money out, he'd have to sell Valve.

I don't want him to sell Valve. I like him being in charge of Valve, he's doing a decent job.

There's no guarantee mammals will fill the new niches. Personally, I think we're going to have dinosaurs again. They like hot weather.

The Earth maintains homeostasis. Past 2 degrees warming, the current homeostasis systems break down. We don't know where the next homeostasis point is. It's probably a lot worse. It'll keep getting worse past the point we stop making it worse. Most of the species on earth will go extinct.