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A lot of the bad parts of our current version of civilization are just un-optimized implementation details. Isn't it our species' imperative to create as many
by CptFribble 9y ago
A lot of the bad parts of our current version of civilization are just un-optimized implementation details.
Isn't it our species' imperative to create as many happy and healthy humans as we can manage? Part of the problem is that we have instead optimized most of civilization for maximum dollar production.
When we can figure out how to build health and happiness (or rather: emotional well-being) into the goals of our society, we will finally get past this semi-intellectual hand-wringing about the mythical Noble Savage and his perfect life we cast aside.
- candiodari 9y agoIf history has proven one thing it's that optimizing for maximum dollar production and optimizing for the maximum number of humans is the same thing. Also as to the basic question: having visited almost-pre-civilization villages in Africa. Yes. No doubt whatsoever. Civilization is absolutely worth it.
- sametmax 9y agoHow so ?
- Accipitriform 9y agoHobbes put it best: "No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death: and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short."
- sametmax 9y agoNot that part. The "optimizing for maximum dollar production and optimizing for the maximum number of humans is the same thing." part.