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Q&A How could a skyhook stay in orbit with no human involvement for thousands of years

In the story I'm writing, three humans with stone-age technology and no knowledge of space accidentally awaken thousands of cryogenically preserved humans. These humans immediately get to work on...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by John Lewis‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by John Lewis‭

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Q&A How can I explain why in a future of robots, ai, and automation, people still bother to do anything themselves?

Many people think that in the future, all jobs will be taken by machines and AI. Why then, would anyone bother doing anything at all, such as invent things, fight in combat, etc - in other words, h...

12 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by John‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by John‭

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Q&A What could an individual contribute to society other than labor?

Modern education teaches citizens that the point of an individual in society is to contribute labor. In a world with limited natural resources, we use this idea to measure an individual's worth in ...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by KFox‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by KFox‭

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Q&A Building an Ethics Framework for use of Uploaded Personalities

Five years ago, our company reached the stage where we were able to create, maintain, and communicate with digitized brain transfer images. These trials were conducted on patients with life-limiti...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

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Q&A What macro-sized things can be made with a hydrocarbon assembler?

In a near future society, man will be mining asteroids far from Earth. One technology on board their ships is a hydrocarbon assembler. It takes in energy, water and carbonaceous asteroid matter a...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Sam Washburn‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Sam Washburn‭