Drake Thomas
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Assorted observations of mine that don't merit an entire page devoted to them. This page was last updated on Sat Feb 18 2023.
Drake Thomas Small Thoughts Assorted observations of mine that don't merit an entire page devoted to them. Under our current understanding of physics, the modern environment in which humans have kids fairly often and the population grows over time is a very weird and unsustainable state. The number of atoms under control of humans over time is O(t 3 ), and any exponential function will eventually outpace the bounds set by the speed of light. No matter the wonders you imagine in a post-Singularity future, you'll still have to pick between inevitable death and the chance to have children more th
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