Very interesting to read, but sounds so astronomically expensive and reliant on zero mistakes in every single aspect of manufacturing every single thing going into the pods, that no one will sustain paying for this shit beyond angel investors.
Just say 40,000. Which is a pathetic number, but perfectly fine for the type of niche communities budding up here and there across all the domains connected together here.
In 2025, People Will Try Living in This Underwater Habitat (spectrum.ieee.org)
How active is Lemmy now?
How many millions of users does it have? How many posts? How active are they?