There’s not much you _can_ do on your own. Vote, get politically involved on a local level. Try to change people’s minds.

i'm kinda jaded because it seems the type of people that get into politics do it to gain money and power.. so voting always feels like picking the lesser of two evils

I think idealists often get into politics as well, but they're not cold, calculating and power hungry enough to get into the important positions.

Not only that, but one rotten apple can kill decades of work (see Trump, Putin).

Start by just attending a some meetings of your local school board, city council, etc. Sit, watch, and maybe take notes. Compare the reality with local press coverage (if any) of it. Try analyzing the social dynamics. Talk to other ordinary citizens about it.

If the only people paying real attention to gov't leaders are the greedy and power-hungry, then few decent people will run for office. And very few of those win.

I feel like a few people tried recently but they missed

so then let's just give up altogether?

I'm in the same boat. Thankfully, I only use my iPad for watching videos while I'm cooking, but if were using it for anything else, I'd have to replace it.

From the 16?

> Though society seems poised to build a dystopian future defined by data centers and adjacent power plants, history hints at a different direction. Past technological revolutions often started with grotesque prototypes, only to be eclipsed by breakthroughs yielding more practical outcomes.

…for a privileged minority, yes, and to the detriment of billions of people whose names the history books conveniently forget. AI, like past technological revolutions, is a force multiplier for both productivity and exploitation.

The market for iOS todo-applications seems to be infinite, so everyone can just become a todo app developer.

Totally agree, let the guy do his nazi salute, who cares about politics?? Car go vroom!

What is an 'AMOS stealer'?

You also evolved to nearly choke to death when you accidentally eat and breathe at the same time. Doesn’t mean it’s desirable.

“Evolution” is not a sound basis for most choices. We didn’t evolve to wear shoes, live in houses, to use powerful cleaning agents, indoor plumbing, decontaminated water, refrigeration, and pretty much all modern medicine, among about every other thing that is part of modern life.

At least we can talk about it.

Maybe the free market is wrong.

It can’t be. Those uses are suboptimal, hence the users aren’t willing to pay the new prices.

Man, that is a really fucking great article. Thanks for sharing.