You know, I was thinking the other day that there were two long-running 'prediction' threads in the old core. One was the pre-bubble 'housing-prices-are-going-to-drop-25%' and the other was the 'Terminator Scenario.' If the TS thread is as on-target as the bubble thread was, we're pretty much screwed.
>humans aren't needed
On many levels, the best solution -and biggest challenge- lies in population control.
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>population control
Wait! Terminator Scenario. Problem solved!