Don’t worry, going by past history this will be available to any and…uhh, checks notes oh, uh-oh.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 day ago
As long as it’s made mandatory to cover with insurance so it’s available to everyone. The last thing we need is an immortal ruling class.
Vieric@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh at this point it seems like we’re treating dystopian science fiction as a guidebook instead of a warning.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech
Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Someone’s getting hangry and needs a Soylent.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hold on, what color Soylent are we talking about? Is it the delicious, definitely only plants, green flavor?
TheFriar@lemm.ee 23 hours ago
Let the death of Saburo Arasaka be a lesson to us all: even 150+ year old bastards can get choked the fuck out
realitista@lemm.ee 21 hours ago
Is a forever expanding population of old people much better?
Maggoty@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
If they’re functional, and we get serious about space or birth control, then no it’s not a problem. But that is another path we can take to really juice the dystopia.
realitista@lemm.ee 18 hours ago
It will take a very long time indeed before we can reach another habitable planet enough to alleviate an exponentially growing population, and forced birth control will be unpopular, not to mention probably Malthusian.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
There’s always orbital habitats. They ramp up a lot quicker than even a Mars colony.
assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 1 day ago
On the plus side an immortal ruling class might actually start caring about climate change.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Sure, in the most dystopian way possible.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
… and reduce emissions by wasting the rest. But due to negative selection leading into that upper class they won’t be able to manage the planet further despite thinking that they can and will die of hunger eventually.
desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
this might finally be a way to eliminate insurance companies
Maggoty@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
So we get Universal healthcare then, right?
right?
desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
no
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Hoping real hard that Alternate Carbon is not becoming reality.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I see that you too have heard the prophecy.