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wg0 • today at 10:23 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Year is 4098.

You prompt: " Sea facing villa with walls having 90% glass ratio, cozy basement, pool on ground and upper level. Delegate to a sub agent and when done, build a supersonic jet on my rooftop to fly me there." and all that molecular nano assembly happens in 19 hours.

In that kind of abundance - poor I don't know but would anyone be any richer? Would anything mean anything?


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scotty79 • today at 10:44 AM

Everything only ever means what you make it mean to you.

Meaning builders usually fare better than meaning seekers.

Short story inspired by Culture series of Iain M. Banks uses at some point example of building a house in the afternoon.

The happiness belongs to people that to the wuestion about meaning can cheerfully respond with "I've got a patio!".

https://youtu.be/-aRw80iPvC4?is=HaTU48bJUHlhh4yl