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Nah. We flip-flop between "there's too much usage fees are too damn high its not scalable" to "nobody uses the base chain fees are dangerously low this isnt sustainable". Same shit different block. We'll be okay. I just do my best to use and encourage the use of Bitcoin when and where I can.
That's true. And given that it's New Orleans, it's very likely they'll begin construction, experience a hurricane halfway through construction and then see the project abandoned.
A data center in New Orleans East would probably do the area a lot of good. Providing incentives to install and maintain a more robust infrastructure and electrical grid in that region. Because, lets be honest, nobody moving to New Orleans is looking to live there atm and it can't get much worse for the people who already do. A data center is probably a good start to getting that area back into shape and revitalizing it. Probably a bad opinion, but NOLA East is so long gone and unsupported. Something needs to change for them.
The issue rests mostly on scenarios where the individual making a bet for something negative is actively incentivized to encourage, promote or even kickstart the negative event. For example, a user may bet in favor of a riot breaking out at a certain event. That individual is now financially incentivized to see that riot happen and succeed.
Dystopian novels, stories and settings are akin to porn, imo. Many enjoy spending time in that setting for the same reason many news casters adopted the saying if it bleeds it leads. We have this biological need to entertain such an extreme cynicism about society that it successfully gets replicated across mediums countless times. It's why we see it so often. And everyone can relate to that portrayal of society because we all can see hints of it in our life from government, corporations, etc. Name your bad guy.
But at the core, people are fucking amazing. We seek out ways to avoid this setting at whatever cost and will always continue to do-so. Many of the people on this site most likely stumbled upon Bitcoin in their search for freedom and sovereignty tech. I don't foresee a dystopia simply because of our constant determination to undermine and thwart attempts to arrive at that extreme.
I think you're missing the point. It's often difficult to assess whether an idea for a project, game, library, app, etc., that you have is actually worth the time to develop. We often have to build prototypes or MVP's to make this assessment. That takes time. AI is a tool that greatly expedites this iterative process.
AI is a tool. Like everything else, it should be used responsibly. Some people will use it to create brain rot content, others to learn, or to more quickly iterate on creative ideas. We just need to learn how to use it responsibly, effectively and (like everything else) in moderation.
Molyneux had some great talks back in the day. He kind of veered off though. Not sure what happened to him.