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In The Culture series, the achieved a paradise by virtue of infinite resources, but still respected the right of the individual to privacy, even though they eas
by kazagistar 11y ago
In The Culture series, the achieved a paradise by virtue of infinite resources, but still respected the right of the individual to privacy, even though they easily had the ability to spy very invasively. Plus, it relies on perfectly benevolent supercomputers.
In the real world though, power corrupts, and those with power have much more ability to harm then those without.
To reduce harm the disenfranchised, we need to raise them from poverty. To reduce harm from the powerful, we need to strictly curtail their ability to enforce their whims.
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoWe say that power corrupts but we don't really know what we mean by that. By this I mean it may be incredibly difficult; perhaps beyond us. The examples we have - the French Revolution, the Bolshevik Revolution - lead us to Burke.
- CydeWeys 11y agoNot only is the Culture series post-scarcity, it is post-singularity as well. It is so different from our current world that I'm surprised someone brought it up seriously in a policy debate.