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322 points atomroflbomber | 1 comments | 03 Aug 23 08:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lelag ◴[03 Aug 23 09:52 UTC] No.36983601[source]▶
If 2023 ends up giving us AGI, room-temperature superconductors, Starships and a cure for cancer, I think we will able to call it a good year...
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vazma ◴[03 Aug 23 11:07 UTC] No.36984118[source]▶
I think humanity deserves it after so many consecutive weird years
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ImHereToVote ◴[03 Aug 23 11:40 UTC] No.36984383[source]▶
I doubt the extinction of the human race via a runaway technological event will turn the planet into a wonderland paradise for the rest of the species that inhabit our planet.

The planet itself, being a rock, doesn't care, at all.

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midnitewarrior ◴[03 Aug 23 13:48 UTC] No.36985867[source]▶
If room temp superconductivity leads to a practical fusion reactor, a good portion of earth destruction for energy development will end. Starting to fix things first involves stopping the destruction of things.
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luma ◴[03 Aug 23 16:15 UTC] No.36987871{3}[source]▶
We already have SC (if expensive to run), how does room temp SC make fusion possible where it wasn’t before?
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1. dantheman ◴[03 Aug 23 16:43 UTC] No.36988259{4}[source]▶
It simplifies and it makes it less expensive - it's one less thing to go wrong.