We also need to somehow prevent those alternative materials from being coated in plastic, as many metal and paper "replacements" for plastic often are.
Which will unfortunately never happen due to the machinations of said influence. Ever since the Citizen's United decision we've just been kidding ourselves that normal political action will get us anywhere.
It's a speedrun to see who can make the cheapest, most effective laser systems. Once you have that, knocking drones out of the sky will be pretty straightforward.
That sounds fine and dandy, but they don't grow food there. That's going to be a much bigger problem than whether or not people can tolerate being indoors all day.
It's not so much "de-westernized" as it is "sanitized for The Party". The details really matter here, because when it comes to censorship it's much less about "East vs West" and more about "The Party" vs "all others".
To be precise the issue is that capitalism will always optimize for "most profit" and little else, simply due to the design of the capitalist "machine". Koreans are simply very very good at capitalism, and the result is a society where most will barely scrape by, constantly working, while those at the top reap massive profits. If you've been paying attention, you can see the same exact thing here in America, with a little more wiggle room due to the wide range of cost of living throughout the country.
I wouldn't necessarily call it "fueled by western style feminist politics", when it is fueled as much (or even moreso) by "western style incel politics". Furthermore, while it most certainly is an issue over there, it's not so widespread it contributes meaningfully to this particular statistic.
This would require dismantling a large part of capitalism itself. Since this approach makes more money, it's always going to be preferable to businesses, and notably, shareholders, which almost all large businesses are beholden to.
It's sad to see how many of these projects are web3/crypto/nft related. I suppose the plus side here is that some devs/designers were able to (hopefully) make a decent paycheck making interesting work before the bubble(s) burst.
You're clearly more emotional about the subject than anyone else in this thread. For what it's worth, the "internalized" problem I was referring to was suggesting that National Geographic was some kind of propadanga that pushed "democrat = cool".
I can see that you're emotional about this, but as someone who doesn't exactly love pumping gas it's nowhere near as apocalyptic as you seem to think it is.
This is why I'm glad Google maps is available in a 3d globe! Even at relatively close zoom levels the subtle differences in scale are really noticeable.
Unfortunately I'm not entirely sure how to get Google Maps to always start up in the 3d sphere mode. Half the time in firefox it just reverts back to a flat map.
If they're going to charge for it, they should at the very least charge a reasonable price. They are not doing that, and are thus essentially extorting third party apps (who will not be able to pay the exorbitant fees).