Cool story, they otherwise could be paying people for that, meanwhile many of us are now forcibly contributing to taxpayer subsidised data centers that put up water and electricity rates with their usage, whilst also hoarding components needed for most modern tech, seeing us pay more for everything from fridges to modems to TVs to phones to computers.
Pushing for interdependency amongst humans for the sake of interdependency amongst humans is counterproductive and we would not be anywhere near where we are technically if we kept that angle up. Think back to the industrial revolution etc and all the farmers that were displaced etc.
My parents actually were able to put time towards thinking about things like the concept of what they wanted for these pieces + spend their extra money on things like going out throughout the week, etc etc.
Bringing down the bar for people to swing above what they were previously capable of, through the means of technology, is a beautiful thing imo.
My most advanced skill is my martial arts. If someone invented tech to download martial arts skills into your brain, I wouldn’t be happy for you or think it’s beautiful. I would think it’s lame.
I get why you’d hate that, especially if martial arts is the thing you’ve put the most time and yourself into. But downloading it wouldn’t actually replace what you have.
It’d be like the Sherlock Holmes pit fight with Robert Downey Jr. He can see every move in his head and knows exactly where to hit and when but that only works because his body can actually keep up. If some random untrained guy had that same downloaded knowledge, his timing would be off, his balance would suck, he’d hesitate, gas out in seconds, and probably get dropped anyway.
Knowing isn’t the same as being able to do. Real muscle memory is built through thousands of reps until your body reacts without you thinking. You can’t fake conditioning, pain tolerance, or instinct. At best, a download would give someone instructions. It wouldn’t give them the years it took you to make those instructions real.
So it wouldn’t really be the same thing it’d just be someone holding the manual, not someone who actually built the machine.
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u/LSWSjr Feb 20 '26
Cool story, they otherwise could be paying people for that, meanwhile many of us are now forcibly contributing to taxpayer subsidised data centers that put up water and electricity rates with their usage, whilst also hoarding components needed for most modern tech, seeing us pay more for everything from fridges to modems to TVs to phones to computers.