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I think humanity is, and has been going through a collective learning experience over thousands of years, and any "advanced" civilization will necessarily have
by drivebycomment 5y ago
I think humanity is, and has been going through a collective learning experience over thousands of years, and any "advanced" civilization will necessarily have to go through a similar phase to get to that "advanced" stage. So while it's true humanity can do better, I think this - the global coordination challenge - is fundamental and irremovable in any collection of self-interested individuals.
- gbrown 5y agoMore cynical take: because most societies have to go through this experience, most societies don't make it to "advanced". That's one of the ideas behind the "Great Filter" hypothesis.
- tkinom 5y agoGoogle needs to start the "Google Mars" time-lapse database now.
- throwaway3699 5y agohttp://mars.google.com/ http://mars.google.com/