▲ 53 ▼ Yudkowsky: eugenics is now "the third most important project in the world." After AI doom and anime, presumably. (awful.systems) submitted 2 years ago by dgerard@awful.systems [M] to c/sneerclub@awful.systems 60 comments fedilink hide all child comments tweet lesswrong: How To Make Superbabies
[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I've played Geneforge. This is going to go badly for everyone involved. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) The gratuitous hate for washing machines in this is so funny. Dudes rock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago* I could trivially create an entire libguide dedicated to peer reviewed publications about how washing machines completely, fundamentally reshaped society. They (when combined with other electrified household labor saving devices) possibly caused more social change than computers. Non-automated laundry is so labor intensive that in pre-industrial societies, even the very poor often paid to send their laundry out, like baking bread only more so. Like you said, dudes rock. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) The gratuitous hate for washing machines in this is so funny. Dudes rock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago* I could trivially create an entire libguide dedicated to peer reviewed publications about how washing machines completely, fundamentally reshaped society. They (when combined with other electrified household labor saving devices) possibly caused more social change than computers. Non-automated laundry is so labor intensive that in pre-industrial societies, even the very poor often paid to send their laundry out, like baking bread only more so. Like you said, dudes rock. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago* I could trivially create an entire libguide dedicated to peer reviewed publications about how washing machines completely, fundamentally reshaped society. They (when combined with other electrified household labor saving devices) possibly caused more social change than computers. Non-automated laundry is so labor intensive that in pre-industrial societies, even the very poor often paid to send their laundry out, like baking bread only more so. Like you said, dudes rock. permalink fedilink source parent