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> and encourages people to live together peacefully and work together to solve global-scale problems. Hey, guess what? It didn't work. Have you read the news l
by FollowingTheDao 5y ago
> and encourages people to live together peacefully and work together to solve global-scale problems.
Hey, guess what? It didn't work. Have you read the news lately?
Besides, I know a few sociopaths that would look at that Pale Blue Dot and think "I want it all".
- r3trohack3r 5y agoAccording to many metrics, it seems the world is indeed improving over time. The news is a poor source for evaluating the net sum of human suffering - the incentive model is all wrong. https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_is_the_world_getting_better_or_worse_a_look_at_the_numbers https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_is_the_world_getting...
- FollowingTheDao 5y agoAs the island of improvement grows, so grows the shores of suffering. But can a dataset really encapsulate human suffering? Is there a lower percent of people suffering but are they each suffering more individually? What is the quality of the suffering? Is it better to suffer 30 years with pain or to die after a month of it?
- tick_tock_tick 5y ago> But can a dataset really encapsulate human suffering? Yes > Is there a lower percent of people suffering but are they each suffering more individually? No > What is the quality of the suffering? Lower > Is it better to suffer 30 years with pain or to die after a month of it? Depends on quality of life.
- FollowingTheDao 5y ago>> But can a dataset really encapsulate human suffering? > Yes Suffering its subjective so it is impossible. And you proved it with: > Depends on quality of life. because quality of life depends on how much suffering you can live with.