Hank GreenJan 24, 2023

It seems like, for the last 30 years of my life, we didn’t really need to spend much time struggling with what to do with the long-term future of humanity. The idea in my head has always been “what folks around me currently have, but for more people, and using less stuff.”

If fusion is ever going to be a thing, if energy production keeps getting cheaper, if AI is contributing significantly to the knowledge economy…that’s just not gonna be enough of a vision anymore.

Show threadblherrou
@hankgreen man, I don't really buy this. How are these technologies going to change society more dramatically than the industrial revolution did? Were still basically talking about more plentiful energy and dramatically increased automation.
Jan 24, 2023 at 2:51pmWeb
Show threadJari PennanenJan 24, 2023

@blherrou @hankgreen Very cheap and clean energy means a lot cheaper construction costs, you could start to capture CO2 and solve climate change... It has a lot of ramifications.

That's still a lot of ifs from Hank, but that's the hype among true believers. Fusion is still like religion regardless of how many startups there are. I admit to reading that canon now and then.