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Another kind of cautionary tale could be that someone could, but doesn't advance something, because of moral reasons, and then someone else goes ahead and does
by npteljes 3y ago
Another kind of cautionary tale could be that someone could, but doesn't advance something, because of moral reasons, and then someone else goes ahead and does it anyways. One of such tales is Ányos Jedlik, who might have had a lead in the creation of the electric motor and the dynamo, but we'll never truly know, as he was not the kind of person to go ahead and patent and build a business. Nevertheless, both were invented timely, and became the foundation of a more modern age.
I think that at the end of the day, the dinos will get resurrected. What you can decide is what part you want of it.
- vouaobrasil 3y ago> What you can decide is what part you want of it. Or, you can build a revolution to take it down...
- optimalsolver 3y agoOr find a middle way. Call it the Butlerian Compromise.
- mistermann 3y agoHave you any specific ideas? Would you mind sharing what sort of programming you have skills in?
- npteljes 3y agoI don't think that can happen. A revolution, and a new thing's concept are not in the same realm. Especially true if the thing has military implications. You just don't put that genie back to the bottle. Whatever do you, and I mean literally what ever, the thing will come to life. If it's socially acceptable, then the science magazines will hype about it, if not, it will be done in a laboratory that's not even on maps.
- vouaobrasil 3y agoWe could take down the technological civilization, and institute methods more like the Amish...not saying it will happen like that but I mean that's certainly possible.
- npteljes 3y agoI see no reason why all people would be on board, and so, I don't think that this is an angle that is worthy of exploration. I feel like it's the same utopian, or draconian kind of thinking that failed when implemented countless times in history. What you're right about is that we might try, nevertheless. I mean, we have things like the Geneva Convention or the United Nations, however debatable their effectiveness is. We wouldn't know unless we tried. But it's important to note that even though these things exist, violating them is always just an inch away. And then we're basically back to where I started: what you can decide is what part you want in the thing. But I don't think you can make the thing go away. But I mean, it's not that I invented this myself. It's basically the concept of Pandora's box.