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lucaslazarustoday at 2:12 PM5 repliesview on HN

It’s pretty much a religious eschatology at this point


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trostafttoday at 4:53 PM

> eschatology

From Wikipedia

Eschatology (/ˌɛskəˈtɒlədʒi/; from Ancient Greek ἔσχατος (éskhatos) 'last' and -logy) concerns expectations of the end of present age, human history, or the world itself.

I'm case anyone else is vocabulary skill checked like me

renticuloustoday at 3:50 PM

Progess is generally salami slicing just as escalation in geopolitics. Not a step function.

Russian Invasion - Salami Tactics | Yes Prime Minister

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg-UqIIvang

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rtkwetoday at 2:48 PM

It feels like they have to say/believe it because it's kind of the only thing that can justify the costs being poured into it and the cost it will need to charge eventually (barring major optimizations) to actually make money on users.

kogasa240ptoday at 4:18 PM

This, someone take Silicon Valley's adderal away.