Most people, most of the time, do not care about anything that doesn't directly affect their daily life.

In order to accomplish most things, it requires going against basic human nature.

I can confirm that not all Fediverse software is conformant to the whole of the ActivityPub specs. Interop is definitely not bug-free.

I'm looking forward to it. I can't wait to scoop up a few.

Uh huh. And refrigeration has robbed everyone of essential food preservation knowledge.

Automation does that. Whether it's a bad thing depends upon many factors.

Current frontier models aren't guaranteed to last. Commoditization is coming and democritization with it.

Every worker at every tech company needs to unionize.

This is why I just disable downvotes entirely. When the choice is between upvote or nothing, there's less ability to be manipulative.

You aren't obligated to finish every book you start. It's okay to rage-quit in the middle sometimes. Some books are just written terribly or the subject just isn't as interesting as we first thought. You can always come back to it later or try someone else's take on the subject.

I'm aware. Given the current state of the USA, I understand the willingness to overlook China's imperfections.

At a certain point, the old tribalistic feuding needs to give way to responsible globalized stewardship of the planets finite resources. To be civilized it's to be scientific; to be scientific requires accepting certain realities about our world.

Boy, it seem's China's beating the USA at all aspects of AI.

/rimshot

I like True Crime. Or how-to's... learning about a subject. Science is great. An easy source of interesting non-fiction is https://arxiv.org/ . ;-)

You can improve your attention span. It just takes putting effort into it.

Some things that will help:

1. Stop watching short-form content. Ban yourself from Instagram, Tiktok, and Shorts/Reels on any site.
2. Drop off social media as much as possible - check it once a day, for a max of 15 minutes.
3. Start reading a book for at least 1 hour at least 3 times a week.
4. Read at least one non-fiction book for every 3 fiction books you read.
5. Pick up a hobby that requires dedicated focus and practice. Spend your free time doing that instead of doomscrolling.
6. Spend 30 minutes a week in a quiet space, meditating.

False. Datacenters don't need to eat.