@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social
Post #1626270
2026-03-22 04:02 UTC
@cstross
I collect old books that try to predict the future.
My favorite prediction was:
"We will irrigate the Sahara desert by blasting irrigation channels into it with nuclear weapons!"
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@clew@ecoevo.social 2026-03-22 04:06
I expect you’ve both skimmed the incredibly terrible one by one of the Astors Tilting the axis of the Earth, really awful public transit, and big game hunting in the jungles of Jupiter http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1607 @juergen_hubert @cstross