24:I[50237,["/_next/static/chunks/0db4v-xi1q-jq.js","/_next/static/chunks/02-tqo9.1..63.js","/_next/static/chunks/0d3shmwh5_nmn.js","/_next/static/chunks/12wcqrolhhiqu.js"],"Posts"] 25:T4a2,World Watcher is an interactive map of live webcams around the world, that prioritizes smooth UX and correct geolocation of cameras.

The idea is to have a better experience of navigating live webcam streams that are publicly available on YouTube. There were already a few livecam aggregators out there that include a map, but I found none of them satisfying to use, as they always require you to open new pages to watch the streams. On World Watcher, you can jump from place to place seamlessly.

New streams are added to the map regurlarly. Dead streams are removed/replaced within hours. You can filter the streams by type of place or features, for example beaches or cams with audio. And if you don't know where to go, just try out the Explore button and go on a journey.

The project started getting noticed last month, and has been shared around on social media. Frank Jacobs wrote a very nice article about it on his online column Strange Maps.[1]

Have fun exploring!

[1] https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/webcam-maps-are-back/26:T4cb,The advantages which previously resided with intelligence or skills now move to capital. This takes away one of the last pathways us peasants had towards socio-economic mobility. Intelligence is effectively commoditized.

In a post-AI future, presumably non-knowlegde-work jobs like Pizza Delivery worker, Kindergarten teacher or even Plumber would still exist. But these jobs have little place to shine since they entirely depend on human bottlenecks. Similarly jobs where regulation exists or workers are unionised might exist for a while. But those jobs do not present a clear pathway from lower middle class to upper middle class or higher.

What would be the choices of an intelligent youngster in such future? Crime is obviously one option. As such, we might see more intelligent people gravitate towards crime especially since they don't feel any responsibility towards the society, and it may work pretty well if they grow up with criminal ambitions and aren't autistic like us programmers.

If robotic advances take the menial jobs like food delivery as well, the only remaining pathways to prosperity would be crime, politics and prostitution. Or am I just a deranged person to not have more imagination?

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