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keepthepace

@ keepthepace @slrpnk.net

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21h ago

‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director
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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 21h ago
Spot the artistic licenses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films

1d ago

‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 1d ago

Being a fan of the comics that were plagiarized by Cameron in Avatar and Avatar 2, allow me to doubt it.

I will still value it, but it is already largely irrelevant in the movie business. People will go see

4 even with totally different authors and vision.

1d ago

‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 1d ago

Yes but the anglo conversion therapy has been recognized as torture by the EU and as a crime against gastronomy by UNESCO

2d ago

Anarchism / Intersectionality / Decolonization

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2d ago

I am sure that anarchism as it is today still has tons to learn and understand, and changes to make, but if you hang out with anarchists who think decolonization, feminism or anti-racism are optional stances, heh, you may not be with what most would call anarchists. That's widely considered part of the package nowadays.

The microscope thingy takes me to something that is not visible to a naked eye because it’s tiny. For me intersectionality is the opposite of that.

I prefer the way you present it. However, I think I see what they mean by that. A microscope allows to observe the cells in order to understand the organism. Intersectionalism will look at individual situations, which are by essence unique, to understand broader issues and how they interact.

In my experience, there is also a "negative photography" aspect, which would probably be a metaphor for another aspect of intersectionality: by accumulating different experiences of different oppression, you start noticing patterns, not in the oppressed, but in the oppressors. If you were too see only the footsteps of people in a forest, it would teach you where the trees are implicitly, and also where the passages and the bridges are.

2d ago

The standard for change isn’t “is my doing this going to change the world?” The standard is “is my doing this part of the shift I want to see my community make?” And if the answer is yes, I do my best

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2d ago

I feel we need inverse buddhism: instead of "compassion to the world", which required a huge imagination effort in the times of Buddha, we are now overflowed with the vision of the world's suffering and we need re-align our compassion with the other fields that matter: the portion of the world we can act upon and that can act upon us.

You are not going to stop the bombs that are right now flying towards people. But you are going to receive the news of the suffering they cause, and if you are even slightly empathic, you will feel the pain of the people these bomb will make grieve.

What matters is that you can make good where you are. Don't be ignorant of the world's pain, but protect yourself.

The world just grew its nervous system and it fires its pain receptors like crazy. Do what you need to stay sane.

2d ago

‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2d ago

"Show me the Battle of Endor from the point of view of Admiral Ackbar. Full tactical view on my second screen and with Scarlett Johanson as his second in command"

I guess when movie generation becomes affordable, what we may "buy", "consume" or exchange will be the narratives.

2d ago

‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2d ago

Avatar and Avatar 2 are in the top 3 of box-office successes.

Yes, some people care.

But if you want to make a box-office success, it is irrelevant. People will rush to see a 'good' CG movie and will probably rush to see a 'good' AI movie. "Hey, this one has Sean Connery and Harrison Ford in the Marvel Universe!"

Disagreeing with Kassovitz from an artistic point of view makes sense, but from a business perspective, sadly, he is probably right.

2d ago

‘In two years, nobody will care’ if actors are AI or not, predicts La Haine director

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2d ago

“In two years this jug of milk I left out at room temperature will be so good no one will care or not that it isn’t real milk!”

Kassovitch is French. This argument in invalid. You are describing an extra-affiné slice of Comté!

2w ago

An unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2w ago

Yes, I was a but cynical also for the sake of conciseness, but there is indeed and interesting point in green cities, that's one question on which ecologism and environmentalism differ. The question is whether you are trying to preserve the whole ecosystem or an environment in which humans feel good.

To be honest, I don't want to live in a concrete jungle. I think inhumane to live in a super dense city totally disconnected to nature. But I also would like that we collectively accept that this is a preference that is harmful to the ecosystem and that it is sometimes okay to have such preferences, if we manage to make them sustainable.

20 years ago a urbanist I was working with, when we were doing city simulations to help offset CO2 footprint told me "you know, the ugly truth is that if we want to lower our CO2 emissions to the max, we should all live in skyscrapers on top of a school, supermarket and incinerator."

Thing is, we need to recognize the tension between an enjoyable environment, wildlife preservation, human health, the ecosystem's health... And we need to see further than the current, petty, political compartimentalization of these questions. I wish one day we start consider these questions a bit more seriously

2w ago

An unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2w ago

This effect exists, as well amongst left wing leaders, yet we do observe more diminishing inequalities in countries ruled by left-wing coalitions.

I do think that power-seeking individuals will tend to be anti-equality, yet to some extent, democracy works as the left-wing variety of these individuals have to conquer power by increasing redistribution.

2w ago

Whose future?

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2w ago

I'll be honest, I thought the top one was an 'eco village' in construction.

2w ago

An unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2w ago

Quite frankly, trees inside cities are decorative. If you truly care about ecology and the ecosystem, you look at the forestry on a national or regional level. Theoretically, having the densest and hence the smallest cities possibles would be the best for the overall ecosystem. When I see a park in a city I am thinking "they force the city to grow its radius by that much".

I'd rather have a very dense urban seed surrounded by natural reserves than a chill cityscape with a few scattered parks that are not big enough to sustain a full ecosystem.

2w ago

An unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2w ago

We elect conservatives, they are afraid of change. It is as simple as that.

2w ago

An unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2w ago

Before the Arab Spring there was even a more ambitious plan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec#/media/File:DESERTEC-Map_large.jpg

2w ago

An unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.

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keepthepace @slrpnk.net 2w ago

And also a huge need for AC, when solar is typically at the peak.

I wondered when I visited Malaysia why there was not more solar panels around, and a local explained to me that it was mostly lobbying and corruption, with local electricity providers making it illegal.

I don't wish on anyone what Syria went through, but I am also hopeful that when systems breaks, workarounds exist and may in the long term improve the overall situation.