Haha, agreed. I used to love "going fishing" with my grandparents until I actually caught a fish, then I just felt terrible. I used to have nightmares where there would be fish hooks in my food.
Now "going fishing" to me just means hanging out by the water and being peacefully bored while other people enjoy the things they enjoy.
True, but not always true. Sometimes it's the boss at work, or the bills on the desk, or the son you used to take fishing before he moved away for college.
Holy crap two fun back and forths leads to a book recommendation, today has been a great day. Thank you!
The curve could definitely be S shaped, but it's hard to say.
I think that I would be really unhappy/bored in a world where I got to experience "everything" I wanted to do. In fact, just the idea of not having to make any trade offs/compromises is incredibly paralyzing to think about right now lol
If the clones don't allow me to live forever, eventually dying would be the most interesting thing for me to do because it would be the only "new" thing left to experience in my lifetime.
Being able to clone myself and sync with my clones is something I've thought about since I was a kid.
I don't think increasing the number of clones would ever allow me to satisfy all my wishes. The number of things I want to do increases with the number of experiences I have in a non-linear way. If I want to be satisfied I need to be willing to accept all of my wishes will never be fulfilled.
To answer your question specifically: 0 clones
Eh. I was being dismissive of people's genuine concerns. I didn't earnestly engage with the topic at hand. I was definitely in the wrong and deserved to get downvoted.
I updated a reply I made to another comment in the thread, and I figure I'll drop it here as well.
As someone who played Payday 2 and had a ton of discussions with my friends about that game's ever changing monetization models I feel like the ultimate conclusion I came to was "capitalism is exhausting." And I mean that in the very literal sense that capitalism will result in the physical, mental, spiritual, and financial exhaustion of everyone who doesn't hold capital. This is not good, but good things can come from it. As more people start to realize the system is broken more people will want to change it. So I was being dishonest, I actually do have a lot to say about video game monetization models, but generally I think capitalism is a self-correcting problem and if you want to reduce the amount of harm caused by greed the only real option you have is to consume less and convince other like minded people to consume less.
The other thing I have more to say about is Tekken 8. Not the character customization feature, but about the story mode which is possibly the best videogame story I have ever experienced. I won't bore anyone with the details, but the story in T8 is the conclusion to a multigenerational feud between a grandfather and father, and a father and son. It is the end to what could have been an endless cycle of hate and violence. And this ending is only possible because Jin decides to face his demons, forgive himself, and forgive his enemies.
This lesson in my mind is literally the most important lesson for a person to learn, and so I'm willing to forgive the inclusion of microtransactions of it means that some kid somewhere who is struggling with accepting who they are can play this game and come to the realization and sense of peace that Jin and I did.
My dismissal of the "badness" of microtransactions was a result of a belief in the potential "goodness" of the game overall. Obviously these sorts of moral calculations are all relative, but if anyone wants to talk about this more I would love to.
"Killer Mike may be smarter than your average rapper" feels incredibly backhanded to me.
It's not bad to have the conversational option, but at a certain point in a project's life cycle it probably shouldn't be the only option.
A complex project like a government would have a hard time throwing out all their knowledge infrastructure and relying purely on Discord.
Yeah, you're right. I don't think what he did was right. Then he lied and lost his job because of it. I don't think public office is the place for a person like that.
I think the inner anxiety I have is the fact that I've never asked for IDs from anyone, although I've never had reason to believe I was ever doing anything illegal. But I didn't even know asking for ID was a thing, but it makes sense.
So I guess I feel a bit of sympathy towards him at that moment because I could see myself potentially making the same mistake, not out of malice but out of stupidity?
No disagreement from me though, you are right. Just trying to figure out if my sympathy is misplaced or if I'm just too naive.
You're right, but you're ignoring a crucial part of the equation which is the person who is suffering enjoys it or else they wouldn't be doing it.