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The other big reason is that we’re overdue for a major tech upgrade to out energy/material systems anyway. There’s other reasons to want the transition, like 10xing abundance. Using bits to create a lot more bang per joule or gram of earth resources.
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But perhaps the most important reason is that it’s an interesting way to continue the civilization game. We’ve literally played through the Industrial Age level and it is just boring now. A post-transition game level would be new, fun, have lots of new gameplay.
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This is why I dislike “sustainability” frames. That’s just budgeting energy/matter to continue this level of the game indefinitely. It’s like if the only video games available were computerized board games. Sustainability is like computerizing chess. I’d like Tetris invented.
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By Pascal's wager thinking you mean expected value thinking :). Pascal's wager is not a good form of argument - you can justify totally insane things
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It’s a bullshit argument, but not one I’ll attempt to debunk in Twitter. And we’re transitioning so slowly anyway, “too fast” is a ridiculous concern.
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What can we do individually to take action? I’ve been brainstorming ways; call/donate to Congressional causes, recycle, spread the word, what are we missing?