Comment on A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that

• TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  seems today’s pattern in general. Such projects go for something hardly achievable, don’t achieve it, give us all that feeling of passive frustration, and divert attention.

  I think it’s kinda a byproduct of venture capital funding. With the Fed prioritizing low interest rates for the last decade, investors are a lot more willing to stick their money in yolo financial schemes.

  There are plenty of places on the planet which could use additional electricity, water, wired connectivity, normal roads.

  Pssh, why build physical things when you can just gamble on things like virtual currency, virtual intellect, or even virtual reality… /s

  Or, say, security from armed apes with UN membership, like Azerbaijan.

  Lesser Armenia has really flown off the handle lately. I don’t really know why they have UN membership, Azerbaijan is basically “what if the Saudi tried to build Singapore on the Caspian sea”.

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  • rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Pssh, why build physical things when you can just gamble on things like virtual currency, virtual intellect, or even virtual reality… /s

    … But someone will consistently collect money of real value if they have influence on the discourse making people flock the way they want.

    Lesser Armenia has really flown off the handle lately. I don’t really know why they have UN membership, Azerbaijan is basically “what if the Saudi tried to build Singapore on the Caspian sea”.

    With some KGB flavor, but yes, I was going to argue Saudis are not that bad, then remembered Hashoggi, al-Qaeda, ISIS, Yemen, the whole sharia state thing, and decided that the metaphor is fine.

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