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Thanks for that!

I tried to light a fart once. Does that count? But seriously, I was shit at science. Still am.

People shouldn't waste time. They should spend every spare second fighting humanity's ills. Isn't that what you do in your spare time? In fact, what are you doing wasting your time commenting on this blog? You should be out there trying to find a cure for cancer or something.

I guess what I'm saying is, based (admittedly) on personal experience and observations—not empirical data, that the majority of people would probably be unhappy (vague and immeasurable, I know), would probably need to be medicated to be otherwise, and probably overweight. I could see addiction and suicide being a…

I see your point. Thanks for helping me understand.

I'm just giving you examples that you asked for. If I understood the original argument and your counter, it doesn't matter what their intentions were. What matters is the product and the consequences of using it.

I honestly just have a very hard time believing that the human race would or could ever be happy without needing to work. I have my own business and work with my hands in a fairly physically demanding way. Some days its hard. Heat and cold can make things difficult. But at the end of a hard day, especially when I have…

"Government supplied"

Robert Oppenheimer, Fritz Haber, and Arthur Galston to name a few. Really, all you need is one significant one to make a huge, negative impact.

That's way cooler than the one in the article.

Now that's a beautiful home.

Umm...

I had the same problem with Snow Crash. Couldn't get into it. Neuromancer, no problem. Love it.

Def worth a re-read. One of my all-time faves.

I hope never to have to revisit any of these series.

I just wrote nearly the same thing. Hear, hear!

Remember this one? Ah, the 80's...

He's awful. I agree with you 100%.

"It's safe to say that Ferrell and McKay's Manimal won't be quite so earnest"