Gubekochi

Gubekochi t1_j1mq97v wrote

Well, for certain values of extreme I guess? Mix a base and an acid, boom broken bonds (and new bonds formed). But I wouldn't call adding vinegar and bicarbonate together "extreme".

Plus, all our cells get their energy chemically by the ATP (adenosine triphosphate) getting turned back into ADP (Adenosine di-phosphate) + phosphate. Breaking chemical bonds is super common.

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Gubekochi t1_j1mphxk wrote

It happens all the time in a million ways. Like let's take something easy that happens fairyl often in elementary school classes as our first reaction: Baking soda is added to acetic acid (vinegar)

NaHCO3 + HC2H3O2 → NaC2H3O2 + H2O + CO2

Molecular bonds were broken. Nothing impressive. If you want to break it further, you can get electricity to go through that water and it will break the water molecules through electrolysis into Oxygen (O2) and Hydrogen.

If you don' feel like breaking the last mollecular bonds yourself you could release the CO2 in the atmosphere. Plants will probably get some of that CO2 transformed into O2 and sugars through photosynthesis.

At the higher layers of the atmosphere, O2 gets broken down all the time into single Oxygen atoms by UV rays and then recombine with nearby O2 to form O3 (Ozone).

Pretty much any chemical reaction you can think of is just that: breaking apart molecules.

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Gubekochi t1_j1he40m wrote

You don't reinvent the wheel. New technology will bring new options to the table. Some of the old stuff will get ported and may even have limited success, but it's likely that the most successful games will be the one taking advantage of the new possibilities of the new mediums. People will continue playing chess the way they have for centuries band playing ball and enjoying 2d platformers and first person shooters and playing bridge and whatnot, but there will also be new option and new games.

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Gubekochi t1_j0qfnwt wrote

I'd argue that it most likely is both appropriate and desirable unless human interaction is at the core of the job in question. Society and economy should be reworked so having a job isn't the unique criteria to determine one's worth. We should recognize that human life is inherently valuable and move to a society of leisure where we have more time to connect with friends and family and improve who we are through learning and pursuing our interest/actualization.

TL;DR : fully automated luxury communism

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Gubekochi t1_j0m6tks wrote

Not mine, nor theirs. For years I worked 4 days a week because my employer would allow it and I valued my free time more than actual money. But at the same time, I'd like to be able to save for retirement and nice things like 1.6 children or something...

The greed of the capitalist/owner/bourgeois class though... now we're talking!

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Gubekochi t1_irl0atl wrote

Not to rain on your parade, but people don't tend to write stories or make movies about things going according to plan without a hitch and when they do, it doesn't tend to get very popular because it doesn't make for very compelling stories. Your sample might not be representative of much.

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