sure, ok... but in some places it functions as a public utility
further, there was a principle of roman law that forbids this... then again the USA is not following those principles (civil law) but common law which means you can disregard what I say
you seem like you haven't actually read the referenced book, but only heard about it
except our bodies already kinda do that on their own
how would killing species of gut biota would helpful? helpful for whom to accomplish what??
we're headed to a future in which you have to take special pills so that the food doesn't kill you. like the glysophate and GMOs but applied against ALL life, including humans. if this is too far fetched for you then I also hope we don't get there.
> Blockchain tech isn't 14 years old, it's 30 years old, or even 40 if you want to go back to the '82 paper. Still no world-changing tech has come from it, aside from monopoly money.
that's like saying that submarines were invented when Jules Verne wrote about them (i.e. you're wrong)
blockchain technology requires the internet, hence it cannot be older than the internet
agree. the USD dollar is backed by the threat of violence which is how I understand what it means to be an empire; in contrast with a 'civilization' (though it seems as though empire is the early stage of civilization, it boots things up)
> Inertia is not a virtue - neither for an object, nor for a human
because inertia is unavoidable. a fact of nature, it's useless to try to judge it as good or bad; however we all do this. and after trying to do this, we all eventually learn that inertia is unrelated to virtue and that everything will be affected by inertia
is this good? or bad? is this a virtue? or a vice? good for subjects? bad for objects?
the answer is no all the way until one realizes that it doesn't matter. it'll still be inertia