berael
berael t1_iui3ccp wrote
Reply to ELI5: What happens to health insurance companies and their employees if healthcare is made free? by thebatmansymbol
The exact same thing that happened to the oil-lamp-filling companies and their employees when electric lights were invented.
berael t1_iuhkd0x wrote
It's just VR. The idea is that people will want to take everything they do on the internet, and do it in VR instead.
It's failing because no one likes VR.
berael t1_iu9g74b wrote
Reply to Eli5 what’s a implosion by ThatDumbBoi_
An explosion is an object bursting outwards away from its center.
An implosion is an object collapsing inwards towards its center.
berael t1_iui7vgn wrote
Reply to ELI5 why is everybody saying that an 1.5°C increase in global temperature is catastrofic? by BloodyBite1
Global temperature - by definition - includes the entire globe.
The amount of energy it would take to increase the entire globe by 1.5°C is absolutely staggering.
Adding a mind-bogglingly large amount of energy to a system makes the system go crazy.