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clevergrrrl

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2. "Why not let the peasants live a bit longer in ignorant bliss?"
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 05:03 PM
Oct 10

I really think it comes down to that we, as in humanity, are using up "their" resources. It's like some sick James Bond villain joke.

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Billionaires Endgame [View all] clevergrrrl Oct 10 OP
Yes they have some sort of end game along these lines. Irish_Dem Oct 10 #1
"Why not let the peasants live a bit longer in ignorant bliss?" clevergrrrl Oct 10 #2
Yes of course. They are done sharing THEIR resources. Irish_Dem Oct 10 #16
Just now reading Ed Zitron's latest erronis Oct 10 #17
Jebus. Irish_Dem Oct 10 #19
As many have said, the AI bubble will put the 1929 crash and 2008 subprime mortgage debacle to shame. erronis Oct 10 #20
And not a damn thing we can do about it. Irish_Dem Oct 10 #21
Anybody watch Alien:Earth? JBTaurus83 Oct 10 #3
They have had a lot of practice clevergrrrl Oct 10 #6
As a matter of semantics, if you can download your mind/brain/self/soul into a set of memory banks ... Intractable Oct 10 #4
That's the big debate among the transhumanists clevergrrrl Oct 10 #5
If you were fully aware JBTaurus83 Oct 10 #7
I've always thought it was a ridiculous notion. clevergrrrl Oct 10 #9
They can't even JBTaurus83 Oct 10 #11
Ironically, all they're really perpetuating are their egos misanthrope Oct 10 #14
Not very practical. dickthegrouch Oct 10 #8
Yup, like playing a videogame clevergrrrl Oct 10 #10
Billionaires should fear their souls, they can't control or change it. pwb Oct 10 #12
One caveat misanthrope Oct 10 #13
Ira Levin canetoad Oct 10 #15
As frightening as all that sounded to me when I first read about Yarvin, Thiel, et.al... Marie Marie Oct 10 #18
Is that living? Would we really want to live forever? Why? IcyPeas Oct 10 #22
Seriously róisín_dubh Oct 11 #24
Bizarrely, magats conflate transhumanism with transgenderism. TommyT139 Oct 11 #23
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