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Which of the ideas should @BoredElonMusk pitch to @ElonMusk?
Maybe the Elongated (not gated) City?
Abundant food, water, energy could solve a lot of problems occurring in the Sub-Saharan Africa
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Maybe the Elongated (not gated) City?
Abundant food, water, energy could solve a lot of problems occurring in the Sub-Saharan Africa
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As you disarm child soldiers what to do with all the AK47?
Throwing weapons into molten lava.
Proof-of-burn NFT.
Airdropping $LSDDMT Ledger System Distributed De-Militarisation Token to the hodlers.
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Throwing weapons into molten lava.
Proof-of-burn NFT.
Airdropping $LSDDMT Ledger System Distributed De-Militarisation Token to the hodlers.
2/n
To prevent toxic fumes pickles help reduce acidicity.
Aluminum foil keeps the heat out of the way.
Optionally: consume after use.
3/n
Aluminum foil keeps the heat out of the way.
Optionally: consume after use.
3/n
Now onto the crazy shitâŚ
...to be fair, not sure to what extent possible.
Surely loads of rules, regulations, compliance - unless you decide to run your own model of reality.
Pretty sure that was illegal too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
(UK didn't like it)
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...to be fair, not sure to what extent possible.
Surely loads of rules, regulations, compliance - unless you decide to run your own model of reality.
Pretty sure that was illegal too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
(UK didn't like it)
4/n
SpaceX International@Tesla patents: https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you
@SpaceX patents: https://hbr.org/2021/03/elon-musk-doesnt-care-about-patents-should-you
âIf we published patents, it would be farcical, because the Chinese would just use them as a recipe book.â
In the movie âThe Martianâ there was a collaboration.
5/n
Due to rocket science export restrictions technology, the SpaceX is open only to US citizens (and other legal aliens).
Effectively, 96% population of the Earth cannot even apply.
Can we run a franchise SpaceX UK, SpaceX EU, ...?
Or maybe something completely different.
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Effectively, 96% population of the Earth cannot even apply.
Can we run a franchise SpaceX UK, SpaceX EU, ...?
Or maybe something completely different.
6/n
Cosmodrome Baikonur - can we buy it?Currently Russia is leasing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome from Kazakhstan
In an attempt to reduce its dependency on Baikonur, Russia is building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostochny_Cosmodrome
7/n
Russians messed up one of the recent launchesâŚ
âThe rocket was really programmed as if it was taking off from Baikonur, they didnât get the coordinates right.â
It's rocket science, details matter.
8/n
âThe rocket was really programmed as if it was taking off from Baikonur, they didnât get the coordinates right.â
It's rocket science, details matter.
8/n
Why would Kazakhstan like this idea?
PR exercise. We can frame it the right way:
âbillion dollar investment and positioning as the hub of space explorationâ - arguably better than Borat.
A question remains - to use an existing launch port or build a new one from scratch?
9/n
PR exercise. We can frame it the right way:
âbillion dollar investment and positioning as the hub of space explorationâ - arguably better than Borat.
A question remains - to use an existing launch port or build a new one from scratch?
9/n
Asteroid avoidancehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance#Nuclear_explosive_device
Will a nuke work in outer space?
What is the shortest notice we can source a rocket? (and a nuke)
Do we have any on standby?
This dude appeared out of nowhere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteor
10/n
Nuclear disarmamentItâs funny / not funny, depending how you look:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Campaign_to_Abolish_Nuclear_Weapons#2017_Nobel_Peace_Prize
The Economist wins some kind of prize for snarkiest headline of the day with: âThis yearâs Nobel peace prize rewards a nice but pointless idea.â
11/n
Probability of nukes wiping humanity is not that bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_catastrophic_risk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction - checks and balances prevent a full blown nuclear warfare
But still... Maybe we can find a way of disarming this shit?
12/n
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction - checks and balances prevent a full blown nuclear warfare
But still... Maybe we can find a way of disarming this shit?
12/n
Quattara Depressionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qattara_Depression_Project
âuse of nuclear explosives to excavate the canal was another proposalâ
âplan called for the detonation in boreholes of 213 nuclear devicesâ
Could that be a good use case?
Or maybe @boringcompany could handle this?
13/n
Analysis: https://energycentral.com/c/ec/qattara-depression-project-time-revisit
The author replied:
âI've been focusing instead on a vaguely similar project closer to home: rescuing the Salton Sea in Southern California and encouraging development in the Mexicali region near the mouth of the Colorado River.â
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The author replied:
âI've been focusing instead on a vaguely similar project closer to home: rescuing the Salton Sea in Southern California and encouraging development in the Mexicali region near the mouth of the Colorado River.â
14/n
Salton SeaCheck it out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea
âThe idea of importing seawater from the Pacific Ocean or the Sea of Cortez in Mexico has been around for a long time.â
You have a smelly problem (ecological disaster) out there in LA: https://laist.com/news/salton-sea-rotten-egg-odor
15/n
Aral SeaMaybe the same trick with Aral Sea?
Less urgency.
(itâs been drying up for ages)
The volume is big enough to measurably affect the global sea level, especially when you account for ongoing evaporation
16/n
Flooding deserthttp://carbon.ycombinator.com/desert-flooding/ by @ycombinator
There is a concern about the availability of labour.
âwar on drugsâ is ending, as we revisit incarceration for non-violent crimes, there will be plenty of able-bodied citizens eager to earn a legitimate income.
17/n
âHelping the planetâ is better recruitment strategy than targeting graduates with student debt to join the military 
We would build some Elongated (not gated) cities along the way: https://www.politasconsulting.com/migrant-cities-refugee-camps
18/n
We would build some Elongated (not gated) cities along the way: https://www.politasconsulting.com/migrant-cities-refugee-camps
18/n
International voteThe current voting system was designed when information was traveling at a speed of a horse or a ship
With real-time access to information and ubiquitous access to the internet, we can design a better consensus-making technology.
19/n
To begin with, we can ask the entire humanity YES / NO
Simultaneous
satellite photo ( #Bitcoin 
block 888888 or sooner)
Make an âXâ shape with your body to tick the box, say YES.
Lied down with hands alongside your body âIâ, hold on to the old system, means NO
20/n
Simultaneous
satellite photo ( #Bitcoin block 888888 or sooner)Make an âXâ shape with your body to tick the box, say YES.
Lied down with hands alongside your body âIâ, hold on to the old system, means NO
20/n
Surely some edge cases to resolve:
- Will it work at night?
- Will it work through cloud cover?
- What about people who cannot move or cannot be outside?
- Confidentiality of a vote? (lie down, face down, remember to breathe)
21/n
- Will it work at night?
- Will it work through cloud cover?
- What about people who cannot move or cannot be outside?
- Confidentiality of a vote? (lie down, face down, remember to breathe)
21/n
If the majority agrees, the international community agrees, everything is verifiable and transparent - looks legit enough to me.
Can we install additional measurement apparatus on satellites?
Or maybe such technology is already deployed?
22/n
Can we install additional measurement apparatus on satellites?
Or maybe such technology is already deployed?
22/n
Global energy gridBuckminster Fuller was asked âHow would you suggest solving international problems without violence?â
He answered: âI always try to solve problems by some artifact, some tool or invention that makes this particular kind of problem no longer relevant"
23/n
"My answer would be to develop a world energy grid, an electric grid where everybody is on the same grid.
All of a sudden there would be no problems any more, no international troubles. Our new economic basis wouldn't be gold or dollars; it would be kilowatt hours."
24/n
All of a sudden there would be no problems any more, no international troubles. Our new economic basis wouldn't be gold or dollars; it would be kilowatt hours."
24/n
There is always a place on the planet where the Sun is shining and the wind is blowing.
Tesla claimed it was possible, can we do https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_power_transfer economically on the grid scale?
That would be awesome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower
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Tesla claimed it was possible, can we do https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_power_transfer economically on the grid scale?
That would be awesome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower
25 / n
Closing thoughts.
We can solve any problem.
We cannot solve all the problems, all at once.
Full support to Elon making humanity multiplanetary, that should be (is) the highest priority.
Solving some problems on Earth can help along the way - buying us some time
THE END
We can solve any problem.
We cannot solve all the problems, all at once.
Full support to Elon making humanity multiplanetary, that should be (is) the highest priority.
Solving some problems on Earth can help along the way - buying us some time
THE END
