Since I learned of the existence of Jehovah’s Witnesses, nearly 40 years ago.

For many people, learning things and reading are anathema.

They don’t coexist peacefully in life, why would they do it here?

I’m intrigued by the use of the verb “require”. In what circumstances can you be required this and why must you comply?

Good points. I’ll have to try it.

Why do you prefer it?

Nah, they will celebrate.

News would be even more useless, for one.

In some places like Argentina they started earlier even without explicit allegiance to Project 2025. The ideology is pervasive and poisonous.

Maybe ai hallucinations are the first sign of true ai

Nope. They just show how far away we are from true AI.

I was thinking more about the villains of The Net.

Amazing. I’m not willing to exercise the permanent sacrifices that having kids entails.

Pretorians.

My preference is Nikola.

Exactly. Promote it as community outreach, it’s more useful than feel-good Pictures at dog shelters.

Stranger has a point where you can feel in your body the whiplash of the change in tone. After the middle point Heinlein was blocked for years, and when he continued the result was grotesque.

When you start reading dialog about what happens in Heaven, when the story started as proper sf, you know that the author lost the plot (literally and figuratively).

Solid choices.

Your “best of sf” doesn’t include many recognized classics. That’s weird. No LeGuin, no Bester?

Well, when I’m not wanted I tend to burn bridges.

So you advocate for the abolition of money also?