Charlie Stross on Nostr: Oh God and by God I mean N'yar Lat-Hotep, I just realized: the New Management is into ...
Oh God and by God I mean N'yar Lat-Hotep, I just realized: the New Management is into longtermism. After all, a future with a billion inhabited planets hosting ten billion humans each, all mired in existential despair, is a vastly more enticing prospect for the Black Pharaoh than anything He'd gain by maximally immiserating everybody RIGHT NOW ... surely that's got to justify a little TLC for His flock in the short term if it gets Him there?
TESCREAL is perfect for sadistic alien chaos gods!
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