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Tag Archives: Abundance
Is it possible to get over population under control?
Is it possible to get the world’s over population under control? It is the number one cause of so many needless problems.[Changed to How can we control population growth] [ 25/April/21 ] Like several others here, I assert that the … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Ideas, Longevity, Nature, Our Future, understanding
Tagged Abundance, Economics, future, population, understanding, values
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Quora Why can’t we just eliminate poverty through sheer will
Why can’t we just eliminate poverty through sheer will? [ 15/April/21 ] Sheer will by itself does nothing. Will power applied to systems over time can achieve outcomes. Eliminating poverty depends very much on how one defines it. If one … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance, complexity, poverty, understanding
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Society without work?
What happens in a society where no one had to work and people had free food, water, shelter, and medical care? [ 14/April/21 ] No one has actually tried it, so it is conjectural, and as someone who has been … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, understanding
Tagged Abundance, complexity, Universal Basic Income
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On Jobs AI and the future
Why have we not lost our jobs when the Apple trees can automatically produce apples? Why would we lose jobs when AI or robots work in the future? [ 1/April/21 ] Because previously, for an apple to be available to … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Ideas, Our Future, Technology
Tagged Abundance, Artificial Intelligence, future, robots, technology, work
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Lifeboat discussion on The Biggest Threats To Human Existence
[ 26/Jan/21 Facebook – Lifeboat Foundation] The list given of “The Biggest Threats To Human Existence” seems to me to be a very strange mix of categories. Nuclear war Bioengineered pandemic Artificial Intelligence Nanotechnology Extraterrestial Super volcanoes Food supply Weather … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Ideas, Our Future, Politics, Technology, understanding
Tagged Abundance, cooperation, diversity, Economics, future, Politics, Responsibility, technology, understanding
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Quora – Can everyone agree, it is the super rich versus everyone else?
Can everyone agree, it is the super rich versus everyone else? [ 18/8/20 ] No. It is cooperate or perish. We either wake up to the mathematical and logical reality that all new levels of complexity require new levels of … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Ideas, Longevity, Nature, Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, Technology, understanding
Tagged Abundance, complexity, cooperation, freedom, future, Longevity, Philosophy, Politics, Responsibility, risk mitigation, technology, understanding, values
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Quora – Which things do you want to change in your society?
Which things do you want to change in your society? [ 8/8/20 ] I want everyone to be taught, and to understand that money is a very useful tool in a limited set of contexts, but is a very poor … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future, understanding
Tagged Abundance, complexity, cooperation, Evolution, freedom, future, risk mitigation, understanding
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Is a perfect society possible or even desirable?
Is a perfect society possible or even desirable? [ 25/7/20 ] If you mean something static – then no. If you mean something that respects individual sapient life, and the liberty of all such sapient entities, and provides a cooperative … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
Tagged Abundance, Communication, complexity, future, Longevity, Morality, Philosophy, Politics, technology, understanding
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What would it take for a society to accept that there is no scarcity? Is the change required technological or social? In other words, is human nature capable of accepting that scarcity does not exist? What would push them to that conclusion?
What would it take for a society to accept that there is no scarcity? Is the change required technological or social? In other words, is human nature capable of accepting that scarcity does not exist? What would push them to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance, Economics, future, Politics, understanding
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JBP Study group – nothing should go back to normal
Facebook – JBP study group – Joanna Hoffman shared a link to – Nothing should go back to normal [ 11/4/20 ] Far too many overly simplistic and destructive responses here. We are the most cooperative animal on the planet. … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, Philosophy, understanding
Tagged Abundance, complexity, cooperation, freedom, future, Jordan Peterson, Responsibility, risk mitigation, understanding, values
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