Ask HN: What invention/discovery/event do you want to see in your lifetime?
Technological, scientific, or social
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My wishlist: See what's out there (aliens, of course, or even just habitable worlds)
or find out exactly where and what we came from: What Earth was really like before us, were there any other civilizations, human or otherwise, before the oldest ones we currently know.
Or just about anything that upturns our current understanding of reality.
or find out exactly where and what we came from: What Earth was really like before us, were there any other civilizations, human or otherwise, before the oldest ones we currently know.
Or just about anything that upturns our current understanding of reality.
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cancer can be cured,
Alzheimer's disease can be cured,
fusion energy becomes practical,
humanoids can take care of elders
Alzheimer's disease can be cured,
fusion energy becomes practical,
humanoids can take care of elders
Global warming elimination.
Riemann hypothesis.
Refusal of governments.
Riemann hypothesis.
Refusal of governments.
- A spray that turns whoever gets 10 µg of it in their face into a peace-loving anti-fascist, pascifist individual.
- A piece of malware that destroys all social media platforms so people can hang out with their friends in physical reality again instead of being lonely dopamin addiction victims.
- Universal Basic Income rolled out across all European countries.
- A mathematical theory of neural networks that includes modeling nano-tunnels and other properties of neurons.
- A functioning society in which ethical behavior is rewarded and doing good, spreading education and increasing scientific knowledge are valued instead of material possessions.
- A piece of malware that destroys all social media platforms so people can hang out with their friends in physical reality again instead of being lonely dopamin addiction victims.
- Universal Basic Income rolled out across all European countries.
- A mathematical theory of neural networks that includes modeling nano-tunnels and other properties of neurons.
- A functioning society in which ethical behavior is rewarded and doing good, spreading education and increasing scientific knowledge are valued instead of material possessions.