My theory is that Covid killed everyone and this is purgatory. (TikTok screencap)

  • humorlessrepost@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This would imply that capitalism is inevitable in species with potentially spacefaring intelligence. I refuse to accept that for my own sanity’s sake.

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      1 month ago

      Perhaps it’s a contextual Great Filter only for instances of intelligent life in which capitalistic modes of production win out.

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          1 month ago

          What? Any and all filters an intelligent species could encounter need to be factored in statistically, even if not all of those filters will 100% be encountered