2017年7月7日（金）
If the licorice came out of the extruder
This has created a big, expensive mass production problem for the Twizzler assembly line. Yet now, a partnership with Microsoft has leveraged machine learning to teach robots the art of Twizzling.Some recent examples from my life include: having taken a gloriously hot shower, watched several episodes of the HBO comedy series "Veep" while eating chocolate ice cream, and having worn a particularly smart-looking suit.
Professional philosophers illustrate this point with "fantastic" or "hypothetical" thought experiments, imagining a life spent in a virtual reality machine that gives the occupant the vivid impression he is doing interesting things that he is not, or a life of rolling a rock up a hill for eternity but enjoying it because of the way the gods have structured one’s brain.
Conversely, there are many occasions when doing something that makes people’s our lives meaningful appears not to make them happier. Consider taking care of a sick, elderly parent who needs constant attention, or slaving away at an alienating job so as to provide for one’s children. For less frequent but even more intense examples, think of those who have struggled against injustice at great cost to their own peace and satisfaction, such as Nelson Mandela having spent 27 years in prison in his struggle against apartheid, or heroes who have given up their lives for others, perhaps by having volunteered to relinquish a spot on a lifeboat that would not hold everyone.Each 900-gallon batch of licorice must cook for 4 hours before traveling through holding tanks and pipes to a pressurized machine called an extruder, which pushes the licorice through like Play-Doh.
If the licorice came out of the extruder too light, it either had to be re-extruded or more licorice needed to be added to the batch, a time-consuming process, Lenhart said."I didn't set out to make chocolate for Instagram or Pinterest or anything, but it happened very organically, I think because what I create appeals to my generation, twenty and thirtysomethings," he explains. "We're the shareable generation. We want to post and share everything."
Professional philosophers illustrate this point with "fantastic" or "hypothetical" thought experiments, imagining a life spent in a virtual reality machine that gives the occupant the vivid impression he is doing interesting things that he is not, or a life of rolling a rock up a hill for eternity but enjoying it because of the way the gods have structured one’s brain.
Conversely, there are many occasions when doing something that makes people’s our lives meaningful appears not to make them happier. Consider taking care of a sick, elderly parent who needs constant attention, or slaving away at an alienating job so as to provide for one’s children. For less frequent but even more intense examples, think of those who have struggled against injustice at great cost to their own peace and satisfaction, such as Nelson Mandela having spent 27 years in prison in his struggle against apartheid, or heroes who have given up their lives for others, perhaps by having volunteered to relinquish a spot on a lifeboat that would not hold everyone.Each 900-gallon batch of licorice must cook for 4 hours before traveling through holding tanks and pipes to a pressurized machine called an extruder, which pushes the licorice through like Play-Doh.
If the licorice came out of the extruder too light, it either had to be re-extruded or more licorice needed to be added to the batch, a time-consuming process, Lenhart said."I didn't set out to make chocolate for Instagram or Pinterest or anything, but it happened very organically, I think because what I create appeals to my generation, twenty and thirtysomethings," he explains. "We're the shareable generation. We want to post and share everything."
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