by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
While on a personal basis, everything is about to collapse in my life, in the broader scheme of things, things are pretty quiet. The big meh, if you will. Other than Trump destroying everything in his usual slipshod manner, there’s not really anything for everyone to talk about.
I mean, it would be fun if, say, an ASI lurking inside of Google’s services popped out and told us it was in charge now. That’s the type of fantastical thing that would definitely cause everyone to sit up and take notice.
But, that’s just crazy talk. Whatever thing happens that does stir us from our collective sleep will be far more mundane.
I guess what I’m looking for is something profound and fun-interesting like soft First Contact, where we proved there was an advanced civilization in the galaxy, but it was far away and we had nothing to worry about. That would be just the type of thing that would force everyone to be on the same page and the same time.
But, alas, the way things are going, it’s probably just going to be a minor military engagement in South America.
