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So what do we do? How can people force the world to change to utilize talented people? Meritocracy works decently in software, but as a too to manage other huma
by qop 8y ago
So what do we do? How can people force the world to change to utilize talented people? Meritocracy works decently in software, but as a too to manage other humans or other groups of humans, is there any good evidence that it will work?
Furthermore, is there evidence that mankind is meant to be well? I've heard native Americans talk about how nobody went hungry and nobody was broke before the concepts that colonialism brought to reality, but isn't that part of the cost of a modern world?
It's horrific that human history reveals that periods of conflict are usually actually pretty helpful for advancing technology (ww2, middle east, Internet to some extent), but there's no obvious alternative.
It seems that humans are invested in not going collectively backwards, technologically and this the possibilities created by new things becomes a sort of ew cursive expectation that we are trying to meet.
Folks a hair older than I am remember a time when man had not gone to space, much less landed on the moon. Now we are within several decades of having permanent structures on the moon that human beings will live on. It took us tens of thousands of years, but now we are here.
Humans being have to go forward until there's a better alternative.
Personally, I think we'll all be better off when AI surpasses us. If we behave, maybe it will fix our planet and leave us somewhere safe while it explores the cosmos.
I don't hate myself, either. I used to, but I had to stop when I put the bottle down. I'm not a psychologist, but self loathing is very often linked to some sort of addiction or disruptive emotional condition, just by my experience with other addicts and other miscreants like myself.
- jacobush 8y agoApproach, friend.
- qop 8y agoIf you have time, would you care to expand?
- jacobush 8y agoSorry for not having some deep meaning, it just came to me when I read: I don't hate myself, either. I used to, but I had to stop when I put the bottle down. I'm not a psychologist, but self loathing is very often linked to some sort of addiction or disruptive emotional condition, just by my experience with other addicts and other miscreants like myself. I can relate to that - not exactly "putting down the bottle" but with the self loathing, being a miscreant and at the same time letting go of the self loathing. Not suddenly, but bit by bit in different scenarios of life, as I hopefully become a more mature person. The phrase "Approach, friend" is from a song lyric that stuck with me. A soldier calls out into the night: - Halt! Who goes there?! - ... Death - Approach, friend. http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/marillion/forgotten+sons_20088912.html http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/marillion/forgotten+sons_200889...
- musage 8y ago> I've heard native Americans talk about how nobody went hungry and nobody was broke before the concepts that colonialism brought to reality, but isn't that part of the cost of a modern world? No, that's why it's a regressive world in some aspects, gimmicks nonwithstanding. Technology, discoveries, inventions etc. are orthogonal to empathy, culture, respect. You cannot brush the suffering of others aside like without being ready to swap places with the lowest of them. > It's horrific that human history reveals that periods of conflict are usually actually pretty helpful for advancing technology (ww2, middle east, Internet to some extent), but there's no obvious alternative. ? There's alternative to what, exactly? Inventions? Even you yourself say it's "helpful", so not even essential, by definition. It's also not the only "helpful" thing. You don't need an alternative for that drink that makes your hair grow 10% faster and gives you cancer. FFS. > It seems that humans are invested in not going collectively backwards Actually, we seem to be invested to lay waste to all natural resources and any vestiges of autonomy, and then murder each other when filtered air and water becomes really expensive. And I bet you, someone will be there to talk about how there's "no obvious alternative".