[ExI] quiet growth

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Fri Dec 19 10:30:02 UTC 2014


On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 6:01 AM, spike  wrote:
> California went several years with very little rain, but now it is drenching
> us.  Five houses on my street had roof leaks, so the roofers were out in
> force making a fortune.  I went and googled on roof repairs with my style of
> concrete shingle and found plenty of good suggestions.  So I got up there
> and did them.  Next rainstorm was yesterday, leak fixed, cost zero point
> double naughts, my favorite price tag.  I already owned the little bit of
> material required.
>
> All those home-repair videos came about in the last ten to fifteen years is
> quiet growth of wealth; nothing spectacular or splashy, but the cumulative
> effect is high.
>

Congratulations on successful DIY!  A good repair job does give a
great sense of achievement.
(As you know from motorbikes).

However, ladders and roofs are surprisingly dangerous. Check the
accident statistics.
One estimate said about 1,000 people a month in the UK are taken to
hospital after an argument with a ladder. And if you include all home
repair accidents there is a continual stream of hospital admissions.
Using unfamiliar tools and equipment with little training is risky.
There are lots of videos of people falling off roofs and ladders,
sawing trees that fall on houses and cars, etc.
DIY (Do it yourself) is dangerous!

>
>
> With respect to transhumanism, I must think that accumulated knowledge of
> programming in the general population is a form of quiet growth towards
> Transhumanist goals.  Hope so.
>


Maybe....  But modern tech is transforming humanity anyway.

BillK



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