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From: The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Emigration from Usenet [was: Re: PTD was the most-respected of
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 12:12:17 -0700
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On 8/9/24 1:28 PM, D wrote:
>=20
>=20
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2024, The Real Bev wrote:
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>> On 8/7/24 12:57 AM, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>>> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> On 8/6/24 6:55 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>>>> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote or quoted:
>>>>>> What happens when there are no more toolmakers?
>>>>> Well, if by "toolmakers" you mean those devs cranking out text
>>>>> editors, search engines, or AI chatbots: We're swimming in them the=
se
>>>>> days, more than ever before in human history! So I'd say: I'll cros=
s
>>>>> that bridge when I come to it, if we ever actually run low on those=

>>>>> folks. (Sure, some tech fields are hurting for talent, but that's
>>>>> probably not because of the new AI chatbots hitting the scene.)
>>>>=20
>>>> I mean people who have serious work to do and know how to make a
>>>> computer do it for them.  REAL experts.  If there are only people wh=
o
>>>> know how to use the tools already provided for them, who will make N=
EW
>>>> tools?
>>>=20
>>> Obviously nobody. But it=E2=80=99s a hypothetical situation which isn=
=E2=80=99t about to
>>> happen.
>>
>> I'm not so sure.  I look at the general dumbing down of our (and appar=
ently=20
>> non-USA) population and wonder if there are enough intelligent people =
left to=20
>> make a difference.  Look at the schools. Loot at the governments. Look=
 at the=20
>> media.  Is there any reason to be optimistic?
>>
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> In my case... short term no, long term, yes. We've survived, as a speci=
es,
> world wars, famines, pestilence. Anything we're seeing today is nothing=
 in
> comparison.

We've never had as many people on earth as we have today, and there will =

be more.  At least in cities the big problem is just too many people,=20
most of them pretty stupid.

Still, I have to believe that smarter/cooler heads will prevail.  Knock=20
wood...

> Yes, we're perhaps at a local minimum, but give it a decade or two, and=

> we'll again sprint for a local maximum. =3D)

I don't see a mechanism...

--=20
Cheers, Bev
   "Tell someone you love them today, because life is short.
    But scream it at them in Klingon, because life is also
    terrifying and confusing."                  -- D. Moore