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I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted here, I must say I broadly agree with you. Certainly on the "mass cooperation and altruism" part. What I'd like to kn
by patrickdavey 9y ago
I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted here, I must say I broadly agree with you. Certainly on the "mass cooperation and altruism" part.
What I'd like to know, is: "Is democracy suited to solving issues like climate change" ? It seems to me, that, solutions to climate change mostly mean a reduction in consumption & energy use (at least in the interim), and, what politicians will be voted in on those policies?
- the_gastropod 9y agoI don't usually like citing old dead people, but Thomas Jefferson said "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." I think the biggest problem with our lack of action with regards to climate change is our lack of education.
- pdkl95 9y ago> "Is democracy suited to solving issues like climate change" Noam Chomsky gave a talk[1] about a month ago about that question, but his version substitutes intelligence for democracy. Species that are successful at maintaining their niche over evolutionary time spans are not selecting for intelligence. Survivability of a species, population size, and speciation rate generally decrease as intelligence rises. I might believe we have a chance as a species if we were doing anything even remotely realistic to address our actual long-term threats, but we aren't. Instead, the actual actions being taken seem to be almost unanimous trying to accelerate us into disaster. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK0R_06zOOY#t=128 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK0R_06zOOY#t=128