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Category Archives: Our Future
Why are people in the world starving when most of the biggest economies in the World have stored food mountains?
Why are people in the world starving when most of the biggest economies in the World have stored food mountains? [ 25/May/21 ] Money. Using markets to measure value; then using that measure as a proxy for human value more … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, famine, understanding
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Can everyone on Earth fit in a road island side by side?
Can everyone on Earth fit in a road island side by side? [ 24/May/21 ] If the questioner means Rhode Island (the US state), then it has an area just over 3,100km sq (3.1 x 10^9m^2). People come in many … Continue reading
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Is socialism the only path forward for mankind?
Is socialism the only path forward for mankind? [ 23/May/21 ] Depends how you define socialism. If you define it as the ownership of all property by the community as a whole, then no – that is not a viable … Continue reading
What if the world next year decides Covid-19 is part of their lives with new viruses but lets normal lives continue with events, they had enough of locking themselves in houses?
What if the world next year decides Covid-19 is part of their lives with new viruses but lets normal lives continue with events, they had enough of locking themselves in houses? [ 21/May/21 ] If everyone actually stayed home, no … Continue reading
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Tagged covid, risk mitigation, understanding
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Do you have a solution for a current world problem? How would it solve it?
Do you have a solution for a current world problem? How would it solve it? [ 17/May/21 ] There is no singular world problem, there will likely always be a myriad of problems to solve; and there are some major … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future, Technology, understanding
Tagged complexity, cooperation, risk mitigation
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How would everyone need to live to only use the resources replaceable in 1 year?
How would everyone need to live to only use the resources replaceable in 1 year? [ 16/May/21 ] Within sustainable budgets for energy and materials. Exactly what such a budget would look like depends very much on the environment and … Continue reading
What would the world be better off without intergovernmental organization like the UN since countries have too many conflicts and fights and it is part of man’s nature like their ancestors and there will never be peace between many countries?
What would the world be better off without intergovernmental organization like the UN since countries have too many conflicts and fights and it is part of man’s nature like their ancestors and there will never be peace between many countries? … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, Politics, understanding
Tagged complexity, cooperation, risk mitigation, United Nations
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Why are humans so slow to react to looming crises, like a forewarned pandemic or a warming planet?
Why are humans so slow to react to looming crises, like a forewarned pandemic or a warming planet? [ 15/May/21 ] Some good part answers here already. A full answer would be really complex, so I will point towards the … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate change, covid, Risk, risk mitigation, understanding
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If the average human lifespan was 1,000 years, how would your attitude towards long-term relationships change?
If the average human lifespan was 1,000 years, how would your attitude towards long-term relationships change? [ 15/May/21 ] An interesting idea to contemplate. I am autistic with a strong focus of the physicality of space, my wife is neurotypical … Continue reading
Will we ever reach a point in civilization where there is complete peace? Or will there always be some form of conflict?
Will we ever reach a point in civilization where there is complete peace? Or will there always be some form of conflict? [ 14/May/21 ] It is possible, and it requires accepting some things that most would rather not think … Continue reading
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Tagged complexity, cooperation, future, peace, understanding
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