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Monthly Archives: March 2020
Convid-19 discussion on facebook with a naysayer
[ 30/3/20 – on a Facebook Group] Until there is a vaccine (at least a year away) or enough test kits for everyone to test every 2 weeks, or some other reliable cure available at scale – then isolation is … Continue reading
Quora – Is there any alternative to Might is Right?
Is there any alternative to Might is Right? (by this I ask is there any disproving this idea, even considering how Might isn’t right, but it determines who has control and therefore who has the right to control). [ 30/3/20 … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Philosophy, understanding
Tagged complexity, Evolution, freedom, future, Morality, Responsibility, understanding
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What is the greatest philosophy or idea for worldwide peace?
What is the greatest philosophy or idea for worldwide peace? [ 29/3/20 ] We need to get past the overly simplistic understanding of evolution, as being all about competition. We need to understand that every new level of complexity in … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, Philosophy, understanding
Tagged complexity, cooperation, peace, Philosophy, understanding
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Was there ever a point in time where humans lived safe and peacefully?
Was there ever a point in time where humans lived safe and peacefully? [ 28/3/20 ] Depends what you mean. Certainly, in some places, at some times, conditions have been sufficiently benign that people could live safely together for many … Continue reading
Daniel S – … The pandemic is not caused by a virus, it’s caused by the failure of effective governance.
Daniel – … The pandemic is not caused by a virus, it’s caused by the failure of effective governance. … [ 28/3/20 ] Close, but not quite right Daniel. It isn’t just governance that is at fault, it is a … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, understanding
Tagged complexity, covid, Economics, freedom, future, risk mitigation, sensemaking, understanding
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Quora – Why should I worry about my future if the threat of global warming is so large?
Why should I worry about my future if the threat of global warming is so large? [ 27/3/20 ] The first step in correcting any problem is actually noticing that it is a problem. We are doing that with global … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future, Philosophy
Tagged Climate change, cooperation, future, risk mitigation, technology, understanding
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Daniel S – Covid-19 strategy
Daniel’s Covid-19 post [ 27/3/20 ] There is only one way Covid-19 is not a major problem for the USA – and that is that someone comes up with a cure, at scale – quickly (not a high probability). Vaccine … Continue reading
Quora – Thought, thinking, and accumulated knowledge is an important tool …
Thought, thinking, and accumulated knowledge is an important tool in the hands of human beings. But the entire living & non-living system of existence including existential processes functions without this man-made tool. What should mankind do? [ 26/3/20 ] Kind … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, understanding
Tagged covid, Evolution, freedom, future, understanding, values
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Mayor’s statement on Kaikoura District COuncil Facebook Page
[ 26/3/20 On KDC Facebook page] Well done Craig. If we ensure everyone is doing it, it will work, the virus will be eliminated from NZ, and we can return to something near normal. We need to do that with … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future
Tagged covid, future, opportunity, risk mitigation, understanding
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Pandemic Issue
Pandemic Issue [ 26/3/20 – on my facebook page] It is really hard for me to have much idea how most people think, as my brain seems to be very near the edge of a number of distributions. I see … Continue reading