I know that James May was always the hippie of the group, but I’m still happy he said it.

For when the aliens come to visit?

I can relate to the real-life person that this post describes.

Relatable

But even French cuisine has its limits

Haha I wish platforms had this

Yup! It’s quite long but it’s written with skipping in mind. I think its main value for me is that it has references to a ton of interesting fledgeling projects (many of which I plan to have a deeper look at) in one place and tries to connect them into some sort of unifying vision. I also made myself a ton of comments that I wish I could share somehow.

It’s good censorship because it’s my censorship!

Sorry to hear that :-/ I hope you find something nice eventually:-)

Ikr?? I was also always convinced there must be some kind of alternative to techno-dystopia

there has to be something godamnit. We have computers in every pocket.

So I read this book and basically it’s of the opinion that democracy is limited by the efficiency of the technologies it’s built upon (human representatives and paper ballots – ie. low bandwidth, passive forms of representation), and those are currently stuck in the 19th century, in all global democracies. The authors suggest that upgrading democracy to achieve the same goals but with modern technologies would make for a much more responsive and fine-graned link between people and government. (especially in the chapter on augmented deliberation)

This feels like the government equivalent of someone falling for a ‘Get rich quick!’ scam.

Do keep us updated

Essentially the government is on sale

does it fly

I like the pee hole.

Damn, that’s hot!

I like the pinholes theory and I think it’s a wise idea

And a how do you skibidi do to you too!