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Ah, CGP Grey's classic. I would like to note, though, that the widespread consensus among economists is that we have little to fear from the development of further automation taking away nearly all jobs.

See:
https://www.reddit.com/r/badeconomics/comments/35m6i5/low_hanging_fruit_rfuturology_discusses/cr6giuw/?context=10000
https://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/wiki/faq_automation
https://www.reddit.com/r/badeconomics/comments/6gw9vu/the_rise_of_the_machines_why_automation_is/?sort=old

Personally, I don't think I've read enough on the topic to form an accurate opinion on it, but it's probably important to remember that the experts on the subject are often not particularly worried about the negative consequences of automation.

Edit: some of what I initially said may not be completely true, edited for clarity

An interesting video, nonetheless. Many people will definitely lose jobs they've spent their lives specialising in, though, so I wouldn't be confident in saying nothing bad is going to happen, but I do wonder whether a robot would be able to do psychology, for instance. It probably will, actually.

An interesting video, nonetheless. Many people will definitely lose jobs they've spent their lives specialising in, though, so I wouldn't be confident in saying nothing bad is going to happen, but I do wonder whether a robot would be able to do psychology, for instance. It probably will, actually.

Yeah, definitely. And upon further thought (and reread of the materials I linked), it's not that nothing bad is going to happen, just that economists believe the "automation is different this time" argument to be flawed. Still negative consequences, just not much (from a wider point of view) that we haven't already seen before.

Coming from someone who is normally a Day 1 or 2 lynch in Werewolf, I get where you're coming from on this.  It seems like no matter what action you take, you're on someone's radar.  Whether it be the Werewolves attempting to implicate you, a player taking your action as a guilty notion, or some other form when you're playing a role...regardless of whether you're a good or bad characters, it can be really tough when you become what feels like a token early-game kill.

But in that I say it's not necessarily a bad thing.  That's either the wolves thinking you're either a formidable target to keep around for too long, or a good enough scapegoat for them so that it detracts the players from suspecting the real bad guys.  And on the flipside, if you are/were a bad guy, it just means that you've played the previous games well enough on either or both sides to where people pick up on your strategies, regardless of your alliance.  Sometimes those strategies bleed together to where regardless of your role, it raises flags.

LIES, DAMN LIES ALL OF IT
I'VE NEVER SURVIVED TO DAY 2 YET
although in fairness the last two times have been RNG-induced

i would have replied to this in the werewolf thread but i wasn't sure about the etiquette of that, me being dead and all

I think that, in your case, you're just too noticeable. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't considered voting for you, just by virtue of how smart you've shown yourself to be, and by the fact that I don't know you well enough to place you.

And yet, if you had gone the different route, the quiet one, it would have been sure to draw attention as well.

well played, sir, using compliments to assuage my ego
it is appeased

Sorry I haven't been on the forums much in the last week, but my mom was admitted to the hospital on Monday, then transferred to another hospital two hours away on Wednesday...we just got back yesterday evening, and I'm still trying to get back on track. I'll take care of anything that needs to be taken care of this weekend.

Really? Christ, I hope she's ok.

She's back home and her remaining treatment will be on an outpatient basis, so she's fine.

#metoo

Amazing response to a negative thing, I hope something will come of it rather than it dying out, forgotten.

Was looking up what the "me too" thing was, found this mildly amusing:

Don't worry, I already f'ed up for you. Someone posted "me too" and I wrote "thanks" on it, not knowing what it was and assuming it was a /r/me_irl meme. Needless to say, I very soon apologized to her, and told her of my own experiences. Great bonding moment, but incredibly embarrassing!

Edit: on the other hand, this just sucks...

Had a friend post #metoo on FB so texted to say sorry that happened. She asked “what” then a few texts later was clear she had no such traumatic event but was helping increase awareness of #metoo. This is morphing folks so buckle up as confusion swirls through FB.

Or just don't do Facebook.

Anyway, I will finally have some time off again tomorrow, and will soon be a productive citizen again.

uwu
OwO

Guess who's back and still hecking depressed

Welcome back, Lumenland! Sorry to hear you're still depressed though ;-;

Note: the forum’s profile functions do NOT handle Cyrillic well here.