IMHO that's still contributing to its cultural success. People who can't pirate won't want to miss out.
I think there's still hope for them. In the last 20 years China and Russia have become a lot more like us, too. There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen.
How much time is between 1999 and Second Renaissance Part 1?
Q1 Reaper is still smarter than modern LLMs
Question for the trans folk here: which time period was harder for you? Hostile ignorance or hostile attention?
Doesn't the interest come from lending out the money?
There are "financially independent" people who continue to work despite not needing it.
When do you think it'll be safe to nominate a woman?
It's often the default
At this point policy ideas that benefit us at all sound like some faraway dream.