@ludicity get that bread

@sorceressofmathematics if you haven't read Stross' Singularity Sky, i'd recommend it on this subject

@sorceressofmathematics the electronics for workable 3d printers are sufficiently complex such that a self-producing machine capable of such would be a fairly general-purpose production technology. it would definitely be a "singularity" in the sense that you could demarcate a before and after where seemingly fundamental assumptions break down

@ghouston @rechelon just have hormone classes like you have weight classes imo

@thomasjwebb but yeah an EP villain that draws on his eschatological ramblings and association with the trump / vance presidency would be pretty funny / scary

@thomasjwebb there was a thiel expy in the first edition that got cut in the second