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Is Australia getting nuclear-powered submarines via the AUKUS agreement a good thing?
Strategy
SalientHacker48Messages 22 Replies
Will China eventually win the AI race?
Science & Technology
SplendidMocha61Messages 2 Replies
Should people legally own their medical data and be paid royalties whenever it is used by corporations for research and development?
Health & Medicine
Self-articulatingPimpernel69Messages 0 Replies
The modern pharmaceutical industry model fundamentally disincentivizes the creation of permanent cures because lifelong symptom management is vastly more profitable.
Health & Medicine
SocialStar02Messages 0 Replies
Free will is entirely an illusion created by biological determinism and environmental conditioning; no one is truly responsible for their actions.
Philosophy
GiftedSalmon65Messages 0 Replies
Any sufficiently advanced Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) will inevitably deduce that human morality is flawed and discard it, meaning long-term AI alignment is practically impossible.
Philosophy
ScruffyGiraffe71Messages 0 Replies
Is throwing paint on historical artwork a valid and necessary form of protest when fighting against existential threats like climate change?
Art
GiganticCamel17Messages 0 Replies
Writing a prompt for an AI image generator does not make you an artist, and the resulting outputs have zero inherent artistic merit.
Art
DelightfulBandicoot98Messages 0 Replies
Spotify and Apple Music have destroyed the middle-class musician. Subscriptions should only pay the artists you listen to.
Music
GreatOfficial46Messages 0 Replies
AI-generated music that mimics an artists voice without explicit consent is theft, not a new genre of musical innovation.
Music
GalantJaguar62Messages 0 Replies
Funding crewed missions to Mars is a vanity project and a complete misallocation of capital that should be redirected entirely to stabilizing Earth's climate.
Exploration
BraveHen76Messages 0 Replies
Mandating a return to the physical office is fundamentally about middle-management control, not productivity.
Lifestyle
Self-determiningEchidna74Messages 0 Replies
Video refereeing (VAR/instant replay) has stripped the raw emotion and pacing from live sports and should be removed
Sport
DefiantYam97Messages 0 Replies
Corporate sponsorship of national days of mourning or remembrance is inherently exploitative and should be banned.
Events
OminousPotato08Messages 0 Replies
Hosting major international events like the Olympics is an economic disaster for host cities. The games should be permanently relocated to a single, dedicated location.
Events
FancyBanshee87Messages 0 Replies
Young people under 16 shouldn't be on social media because it lowers their attention span and their capacity for motivation
Society & Ethics
OminousTreehugger81Messages 4 Replies
Elon Musk is a visionary, however he gets a few things wrong - but his detractors take those wrong bits and sculpt a huge strawman argument against him, characterizing him as evil, dumb, mindless, etc.
People
FierceYam17Messages 0 Replies
Is Bitcoin and blockchain tech the future of money or is it simply a passing fad?
Economics & Finance
MysteriousMocha79Messages 51 Replies
Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter - Do you agree with the open letter calling for a PAUSE for six months?
Society & Ethics
SubtleStar77Messages 43 Replies
1st post on FoT. Dummy post. Is the world flat?
Miscellaneous
DocileYamMessages 9 Replies
Is Renewable Energy strong enough and mature enough to meet global energy demands of the future?
Science & Technology
FierceParticle29Messages 26 Replies
Do you see Universal Basic Income (UBI) becoming necessary in the future due to workforce displacement by automation and AI?
Economics & Finance
FlatTop33Messages 26 Replies
People should be forced to take COVID19 vaccines to protect the entire population and minimize the load on the healthcare system
Society & Ethics
TalentedBullet55Messages 23 Replies
Do you believe human activity has adversely influenced Climate Change?
Society & Ethics
IrregularPanda26Messages 10 Replies