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Could we just stop doing this petty stuff and align as a species? It seems like that is essentially humanity’s toughest challenge. Not the space race, not weap
by nico 2y ago
Could we just stop doing this petty stuff and align as a species?
It seems like that is essentially humanity’s toughest challenge. Not the space race, not weapons, not global warming
Our hardest challenge is effective coordination
If we can solve that one, we can solve all the other ones pretty quickly
- ralusek 2y agoTrust me, a minimum of a bipolar world is much, much better than a monopolar one.
- fnordpiglet 2y agoUntil your family is killed in a proxy war I guess
- lupusreal 2y agoPax Americana has been the most peaceful era in recorded human history.
- quickthrowman 2y agoSure, that’s theoretically possible. You just need to eliminate resource scarcity (and/or human nature) and then your plan will work. Shouldn’t be too difficult.
- marcosdumay 2y ago> You just need to eliminate resource scarcity Well, we are very close to that. So I guess, yeah, let's move that way. (At least until fast-growing populations appear from the fringes and refuse to integrate into the main memetic pool. That one is at least centuries away, so yeah, let's move that way.)