Pretty sure the scale is exaggerated to help emotionally highlight the concept. A nation state level scenario to act as an “upper bound” since that’s currently the only organized human social structure that could acquire the materials at that scale.
Of course smaller attacks using the same technique can be emotionally devastating if not as mathematically impressive
Not hard to see it as a twisted incentive to stay. The one time hit of moving could be too much to cram into tight budgets.
Even though it’s costlier in the long run, I have encountered a lot of management types that shy away from having a big spike pop up on their monthly spend.
Politics win over math every time. Gotta keep the boss mans feels normalized.
Yeh. Though I think it’s not explicit enough? A bit open to literal interpretation only.
I actually see it as “too little” new information that’s of utility to the general populace.
We spend then “too much” time focused on “too few ideas that matter”.
Like what celebs eat is discussed more than environment, and on and on. Too little new progress is made to satisfy these less discussed but ultimately far more important problems.
Thinking Keynes, our demand has been nudged to focus on consumerism, celebrity, gainz!. But we maybe need to balance that with the demands of the literal majority being shat on.
I’ve seen it discussed here too, that focusing on poverty via a statistic emotionally numbs analysis, ignoring that it’s still hundreds of thousands or whatever number it is, of real people barely scraping by.
We’re fetishizing opinions that we’re obliged to import as education from our parents and institutions, which is unavoidable. What is avoidable and manageable is the content of those opinions.
Free speech is generating whatever syntax you want. You’re not owed a society that kowtows to the embedded semantics.
And really if automation does take more jobs than we can replace, being really nice to each seems like a good idea. Cause most people won’t be needed. Are we to descend into Mad Max life or could we, you know, kill the notion alpha attitudes are useful.
I am reminded of a paper by chimp researchers who watched a community of chimps gang up on some alpha male chimps and kill them off. Then noted how their community became much more ethical after such selfish, entitled behavior was eradicated.
Of course smaller attacks using the same technique can be emotionally devastating if not as mathematically impressive