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the 1920s
Already deprecatedOil lamps flickered out when electricity proved cheaper than your ego.
Obsessive captain looking for a very specific fish.
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Why hunt when you can drill cheaply.
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sinks the ship to hide evidence
You chased massive aquatic mammals across oceans to render their blubber into lamp oil.
The one thing AI can't do
You were the only one who knew how to tie a proper knot underwater.
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Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
1850
Drilled petroleum becomes cheaper and cleaner than whale oil.
1880
Ships stop relying on wind and manual rowing power.
1900
Automation replaces the need for human throwing accuracy.
1910
Massive ships process the entire whale without human input.
Already
The whaling industry is fully automated and then banned.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 96.3%
Zero
Whales harpooned yearly
High
Shipwreck probability
Suboptimal
Average lamp brightness
Your severance
One rusted harpoon and a very wet map.
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