I don’t know, I think cultures can definitely be rated by and advance in the category of how well the people living in it are treated. It’s interesting though, because the phrase “an advanced culture” doesn’t really feel natural to me, and I would interpret it as “a culture that’s progressed through time” rather than “a culture that’s objectively better”. I don’t know, I think it’s ok to think of, for example, Afghanistan’s culture as barbaric compared to more developed countries, based on their treatment of women. Though I think this is also starting to cross into a culture vs government discussion, it’s not like I have reliable information on how the average Afghanistan male feels about the role of women in their culture. Anyways, I think you’re absolutely correct that technological advancement is not equivalent to cultural improvement, I just think that some aspects of culture, most importantly to me how people are treated in it, can be relatively objectively rated, and personally I judge/rate cultures by that aspect.
On another note, to me, primitive is not the same as barbaric. I think some technological advancement is needed for a more “developed” culture, but being more developed certainly doesn’t mean better. For an extreme example, if you have a culture that hasn’t invented writing yet, I would say it’s less developed than one that has–while oral storytelling is still existant, I think some way of more permanently recording information is crucial to developing widespread, long standing culture.
I don’t know, I’m rambling at this point and I haven’t reread your comment in like a paragraph and a half so I have no idea how on topic I am. I hope this is something thought provoking and welcome your thoughts on how I see things.
Addon edit, written just after I hit submit–As this relates to the prime directive, I think even without the concept of cultural advancement, I think it’s still advantageous to let cultures and their technology change and adapt without external influence, from an interstellar perspective. For a planet to develop the technology to join the interstellar community and presenta planetary presence, to me, it implies that their culture has grown unified, and the fact that they haven’t driven life on their planet extinct in the process is basically a qualifying factor in their cultural… maturity? If you were to accelerate their technological development to speed their ascent to the interstellar community, it might make it more likely to still have… barbaric? tendencies that could be disastrous for them or other planets. However, trying to weigh that against the potential suffering you could mitigate by advancing them technologically… I don’t know, it’s certainly not black and white to me. In an extremely primitive analogy, giving a caveman a laser rifle might well result in the eventual extinction of their community. Not the greatest analogy, super oversimplifying, but that’s the gist of how I see it.
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Sure it is. My current specific conciousness won’t get preserved, but guess what, I lose consciousness every night. From the perspective of the me that arrives on the other end, it’ll be just like waking up. They have all my memories, mannerisms, personality, there are no differences between them and me besides the fact that my conciousness doesn’t continue. From their point of view, they have continuity of existence. From their perspective, and from outsiders perspective, there’s no difference, for all intents and purposes they are me. Why would I feel bad about them living our life? “You are dead”. When I go to sleep, my conciousness ends, and in the morning someone who has my memories and personality and mannerisms gains consciousness. I really don’t see the difference.
Go through your body from the head down, tensing each muscle for a few seconds and then letting it relax, one at a time. Then, work really hard at really envisioning somewhere, seeing all the detail in your mind’s eye. Focus on it. Imagine feeling the physical sensations of being there. The gentle sway of a hammock, the warmth of the sun radiating down on your face. Giving your mind something to focus on lets it stop being so active, and lets it relax. It’s like having the tv on late at night putting you to sleep.
With the physical relaxation from the tensing and loosening and the mental relaxation, sleep should come much easier. It does take practice though.
All the vibrating alarm clocks I could find do not sync with your phone, and have to be set manually. I thought about getting an Arduino, but then I will have to build the whole thing by myself. The only logical conclusion I could come up with is to get a programable vibrator. But most of them are either very expensive of look...
Ok I like to take coconut oil, the kind that’s a solid at room temp, melt it, and let it solidify in ice cube trays at room temp. Then, when I go to put a plug in long term, I pop a lube cube in first. Easy long term lubing
Stuff could be anything, digital or physical, but the idea is of discussing and doing it as a hobby without any pressure or push to make it a business or side-gig. Nothing against that, simply that communities/groups with that atmosphere are easy enough to find as-is.
A lot of incremental games I see are in perpetual development. They are never truly finished, the developer always promises that another content update is around the corner. And those content updates get released, and the games eventually get really big. They grow to have prestige layers approaching the double digits, or months...
It’s art without an artist. Or maybe rather more accurately it’s huge amounts of other peoples art put through a blender and reconstituted into a solid block of art product. Actually, yeah, it’s the equivalent of spam, the tinned meat product. It has its uses, but it doesn’t taste good to most people, and there are a few die hard fans.
Doing image editing/compositing/art yourself is just more genuine. It doesn’t have to be the adobe product, there’s tons of editors and art programs out there. Stumbling through gimp patching and editing a meme together gives the end result some charm imo. YMMV, but that’s how I see it and I think a lot of others do to. Where AI generated imagery shines is utilitarian areas. Generating tokens for npcs in ttrpgs, rapidly iterating through concepts for a design, that sort of thing.
Yeah, but the machine learning is the art, not what it produces. Don’t get me wrong, generative ai is super cool. However, justifiably or no, most people don’t see someone who just types prompts into generative ai as an artist.
Prime Directive, Shmime Directive (lemmy.world)
The result of Picard’s inaction from TNG s1e21 “Symbiosis” and followed up by LD s3e9 “Trusted Sources”:...
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I'm with McCoy here (lemmy.world)
Sorry about that ridiculous watermark.
Bandit sinking into the couch (lemmy.world)
Bussy? (lemmy.world)
[Music] MASTER BOOT RECORD - SKYNET (2018) (masterbootrecord.bandcamp.com)
Chiptune Metal/Industrial Synthwave....
I think he wanted to thank me for petting him but did not realize he's licking the cone (i.imgur.com)
He’s such an idiot sometimes. I love him
Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail (hackaday.com)
playboi rule (lemmy.eco.br)
how are some people able to fall asleep anywheres?
I see people sleeping on concrete, in cramped plane seats etc How do y’all do it?
A plus side to old Murphy being deaf (i.imgur.com)
We had new floors put in today and Murphy was oblivious to the noise that would otherwise stress out a hearing cat.
I need to wake up early (lemmy.world)
All the vibrating alarm clocks I could find do not sync with your phone, and have to be set manually. I thought about getting an Arduino, but then I will have to build the whole thing by myself. The only logical conclusion I could come up with is to get a programable vibrator. But most of them are either very expensive of look...
Where to find online communities of people making stuff mainly as a hobby?
Stuff could be anything, digital or physical, but the idea is of discussing and doing it as a hobby without any pressure or push to make it a business or side-gig. Nothing against that, simply that communities/groups with that atmosphere are easy enough to find as-is.
I feel this in my soul. Warp core, rather (lemmy.world)
I'm trying to understand how the rules work - is the mod overreacting or misunderstanding?
Hey all… I don’t even know if this is the right community. But figured I’d ask here and worst case no one gives a response....
How does one make content in an incremental game meaningful, and when should one stop making it? (incremental.social)
A lot of incremental games I see are in perpetual development. They are never truly finished, the developer always promises that another content update is around the corner. And those content updates get released, and the games eventually get really big. They grow to have prestige layers approaching the double digits, or months...
Wise words from Batman (lemmy.world)
Though I use GIMP
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