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> Having said that, it would be in our long term interest not to continue doing this until the system collapses. You’ve stumbled through the straw men and into
by xtian 8y ago
> Having said that, it would be in our long term interest not to continue doing this until the system collapses.
You’ve stumbled through the straw men and into the point, my dude. The way of thinking which frames humans as “best animals” is the same one which makes us incapable of averting suicide by ecological collapse.
Consciousness is not just a cool survival trick, it’s a responsibility.
- perl4ever 8y agoConsciousness is not a collective attribute of humans. I find it strange that people have discussions in which some sort of collective consciousness is implicitly assumed. You're arguing, so you're obviously individuals! If we had a collective mind, we wouldn't be disagreeing. It's as though we were a bunch of single cells arguing about whether we should become a multicellular life form to avoid us all dying. It might in theory be necessary, but it would involve all members giving up autonomy and being willing to act and die on command. That raises two questions - is it really worth it, and is it possible? I'm not firmly pro or con organizing humanity into a "super organism" to avoid ecological disaster - I'm just saying this is what people are ultimately debating wrt global warming, and it's pretty "out there". I'm not convinced it's feasible, at least not in the near future (next century).
- xtian 8y agoWhat?