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Author Topic: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?  (Read 2374 times)

Scoops Novel

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How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« on: July 28, 2021, 05:11:17 am »
Personal power is increasing. For guys like us, especially. Every day on the internet is basically bathing yourself in power, as Knowledge, is power.

And power corrupts. Especially if it isn't properly integrated into yourself. And since we don't even understand exactly how our power grows, fat chance of that.

How are we supposed to bear this amount of power well?
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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2021, 06:02:22 am »
The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must!

Also: if you are concerned about power overload, consider installing circuit breakers around sensitive devices

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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2021, 12:51:39 pm »
wizard combat
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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2021, 01:38:59 pm »
Quote from: Novel Scoops on July 28, 2021, 05:11:17 am
How are we supposed to bear this amount of power well?

Like everything else, hoard it and never look at it again. Why wizard combat when you can dragon hibernate.
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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2021, 02:13:52 pm »
consult your local librarian
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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2021, 02:38:05 pm »
Supercapacitors.
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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2021, 02:40:22 pm »
Quote from: None on July 28, 2021, 02:13:52 pm
consult your local librarian
plz no, I'm not on the clock when I'm here
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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2021, 05:54:03 pm »
Quote from: Frumple on July 28, 2021, 02:40:22 pm
Quote from: None on July 28, 2021, 02:13:52 pm
consult your local librarian
plz no, I'm not on the clock when I'm here

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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2021, 06:42:57 pm »
put down the crack pipe.
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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2021, 06:43:29 pm »
Ticking seats aren't clocks! Even if they're really big.
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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2021, 02:33:14 am »
This thread got me confused. What woud a gender-neutral He-man be like?
Would it be She-man, or He-woman?
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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2021, 02:39:05 am »
Quote from: McTraveller on July 28, 2021, 02:38:05 pm
Supercapacitors.

Mounted on some sort of pauldron, presumably.
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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2021, 03:57:09 am »
Quote from: martinuzz on July 29, 2021, 02:33:14 am
This thread got me confused. What woud a gender-neutral He-man be like?
Would it be She-man, or He-woman?

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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2021, 04:13:38 am »
So your saying the more batteries I have the more powerful I become, I must now go out and steal every car battery I can get a hold of as bigger batteries mean more power!
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Re: How the hell can we shoulder the increasing amounts of power in our society?
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2021, 03:23:13 pm »
"Knowledge is power", is a statement that implies "better knowledge than the other guys have".

The internet gives the same knowledge to everyone who can understand it. So, the internet isn't giving power, it is only giving opportunities to have the same knowledge and to maintain equivalent power.

All those people singing "I've got the power!", they just are catching up.
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There is something to be said about, if the stakes are as high, maybe reconsider your certitudes. One has to be aggressively allistic to feel entitled to be able to trust. But it won't happen to me, my bit doesn't count etc etc... Just saying, after my recent experiences I couldn't trust the public if I wanted to. People got their risk assessment neurons rotten and replaced with game theory. Folks walk around like fat turkeys taunting the world to slaughter them.
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