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I see similarities to the <edit>wikipedia picture</edit> protest in Israel's Tel Aviv main square from yesterday, in terms of social distancing. https://www.rt

I see similarities to the <edit>wikipedia picture</edit> protest in Israel's Tel Aviv main square from yesterday, in terms of social distancing. https://www.rt.com/news/486269-israel-protest-social-distance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS https://www.rt.com/news/486269-israel-protest-social-distanc... And also, I was just having philosophical thoughts about the distribution of power in the world. I wonder if advances in technology will one day create a coalition of super powerful people who will control the world and will make the rest of humanity slaves at best and completely worthless at worst. I mean, do ethical people naturally gravitate toward power? or does power tend to attract the less empathetic (to put it nicely)? [edit] I even fear one day we won't be even able to post about this topic.

codegladiator 6y ago
power tends to corruption
- Zenst 6y ago
  People tend towards corruption, power just enables that tendency. But not always the case and few examples of people in power throughout history who have been shining examples of showing us that it can be done right.
  - codegladiator 6y ago
    i am sure every rule has exceptions.
    - Zenst 6y ago
      It does, hence tends encapsulates that niche. But then nothing is perfect so their will always be an exception. Reminds me of an old IT joke - We finally made the perfect code, it debugs itself. Alas when we run it, it electriculted the programmer.
- HenryBemis 6y ago
  "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" - John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
news_hacker 6y ago
It is said that absolute power corrupts absolutely. At the foundation of the U.S., in the Federalist Papers #51 (1788) it says: > If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary To your point: > I wonder if advances in technology will one day create a coalition of super powerful people who will control the world and will make the rest of humanity salves at best and completely worthless at worst. It's hard to say we haven't come dangerously close to achieving this approximation already. Regardless of your political affiliation, there was a headline today saying that Facebook is categorizing protests formed on its platform as "dangerous misinformation". This is a dangerously powerful stance that we shouldn't take lightly.
- jyrkesh 6y ago
  This is basically the discussion that Westworld (HBO) is having right now. I think it's getting somewhat mixed reviews, but I've found Season 3 to be a fairly prescient plot.
Zenst 6y ago
>I see similarities to the protest in Israel's Tel Aviv main square from yesterday, in terms of social distancing. Not seeing any myself given social distancing back then and now meant different things to people. Back then it would be some form of euphemism for - governmental cover up, which is not the go to definition we all know today when somebody says "social distancing". What similarities other than both were protests are you seeing?
- anoplus 6y ago
  Honestly I was just referring to the pictures :) I will edit it now to point out its the pictures. Thanks
  - Zenst 6y ago
    Then you might want to look at some pictures of Tiananmen Square protests - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/pictures-tiananmen-square-anniversary https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/pictures...
    - anoplus 6y ago
      Yes totally different. Btw, why is this post being flagged?
      - Zenst 6y ago
        Dunno, but it's hardly news or anything new to the subject, just another wiki article and the subject, I dare say ticks too many political landmines in debate and we don't do politics here.
dorgo 6y ago
>if advances in technology will one day ... >... make the rest of humanity slaves at best and completely worthless at worst.

codegladiator 6y ago

power tends to corruption

Zenst 6y ago
People tend towards corruption, power just enables that tendency. But not always the case and few examples of people in power throughout history who have been shining examples of showing us that it can be done right.
- codegladiator 6y ago
  i am sure every rule has exceptions.
  - Zenst 6y ago
    It does, hence tends encapsulates that niche. But then nothing is perfect so their will always be an exception. Reminds me of an old IT joke - We finally made the perfect code, it debugs itself. Alas when we run it, it electriculted the programmer.
HenryBemis 6y ago
"Absolute power corrupts absolutely" - John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton

news_hacker 6y ago

It is said that absolute power corrupts absolutely. At the foundation of the U.S., in the Federalist Papers #51 (1788) it says: > If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary To your point: > I wonder if advances in technology will one day create a coalition of super powerful people who will control the world and will make the rest of humanity salves at best and completely worthless at worst. It's hard to say we haven't come dangerously close to achieving this approximation already. Regardless of your political affiliation, there was a headline today saying that Facebook is categorizing protests formed on its platform as "dangerous misinformation". This is a dangerously powerful stance that we shouldn't take lightly.

jyrkesh 6y ago
This is basically the discussion that Westworld (HBO) is having right now. I think it's getting somewhat mixed reviews, but I've found Season 3 to be a fairly prescient plot.

Zenst 6y ago

>I see similarities to the protest in Israel's Tel Aviv main square from yesterday, in terms of social distancing. Not seeing any myself given social distancing back then and now meant different things to people. Back then it would be some form of euphemism for - governmental cover up, which is not the go to definition we all know today when somebody says "social distancing". What similarities other than both were protests are you seeing?

anoplus 6y ago
Honestly I was just referring to the pictures :) I will edit it now to point out its the pictures. Thanks
- Zenst 6y ago
  Then you might want to look at some pictures of Tiananmen Square protests - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/pictures-tiananmen-square-anniversary https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/pictures...
  - anoplus 6y ago
    Yes totally different. Btw, why is this post being flagged?
    - Zenst 6y ago
      Dunno, but it's hardly news or anything new to the subject, just another wiki article and the subject, I dare say ticks too many political landmines in debate and we don't do politics here.

dorgo 6y ago

>if advances in technology will one day ... >... make the rest of humanity slaves at best and completely worthless at worst.