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Tag Archives: Politics
Star News article by Muriel Newman critiquing the covid 19 response
Comment on Brett’s facebook page linking to this Star News article by Muriel Newman critiquing the government handling of Covid-19. [ 27/4/20 ] [Brett since deleted the post – so it has gone from facebook. I did send this to … Continue reading
Quora – Globalisation
Technological progress is a key driver of improvements in incomes and standards of living. What are the causes and current effects of technological globalization? About what should I write? [ 20/4/20 ] To understand globalization, you need to understand the … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Politics, understanding
Tagged Economics, Politics, technology, understanding
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Philosophically talking socialism
Philosophically talking, can socialism be taken as the most advanced and ideal political concept just because it’s the newest and latest in emergence, following the idea that humans become smarter in time? [ 16/4/20 ] No. The core idea of … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, understanding
Tagged complexity, cooperation, future, Money, Philosophy, Politics, risk mitigation, understanding
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To a comment from Joe Brewer on Daniel’s Portal post
Comment from Joe Brewer on Daniel’s Portal post [ 6/4/20 Joe wrote – “… The collapses ARE inevitable—they are part of the self-organizing dynamics of pattern formation inherent to the globalized economy as it came to be structured.”] Yes, but … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
Tagged Abundance, Communication, complexity, cooperation, Economics, Ethics, freedom, future, Philosophy, Politics, Responsibility, risk mitigation, understanding
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Quora – If good and bad is subjective, then what right does any government have to punish anyone for anything
If good and bad is subjective, then what right does any government have to punish anyone for anything, if that person could just argue that he was doing what’s “right” in his own eyes? [ 24/3/20 ] A lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
Tagged complexity, Philosophy, Politics, sensemaking, understanding, values, Wisdom
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Foresight Institute – Moon Governance Simulation
Augment Your Mind – Moon Governance Simulation – on Facebook [ 21/2/20 – meeting 25 Feb 6-9pm SF time] It is challenging. To my understanding, everything changes once we have systems capable of fully automated remote mining and manufacturing (should … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, Politics
Tagged freedom, future, lunar governance, moon, Philosophy, Politics, risk mitigation, technology, understanding, values
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Quora – How hard would it be to keep the entire world under one government?
Quora – How hard would it be to keep the entire world under one government? [ 3/2/20 ] Far too easy, and a very bad idea. The two most common political system failure modalities are single point of capture and … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future, Politics
Tagged freedom, Politics, risk mitigation, understanding
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Quora – Is it too late to change the world and people’s views for the better?
Quora – Is it too late to change the world and people’s views for the better? [ 3/2/20 ] Many good answers here to different aspects of the question. What is “better”? What is “change”? As others have noted, the … Continue reading
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Tagged future, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
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War on Sensemaking 3, the Infinite Game: Jamie Wheal
War on Sensemaking 3, the Infinite Game: Jamie Wheal [26/1/20] Some good ideas and interesting perspectives, but from my perspective crippled by too many errors. And I don’t want to be an example of the thing he spoke about – … Continue reading
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Tagged complexity, cooperation, freedom, future, Philosophy, Politics, Responsibility, risk mitigation, understanding
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Quora – Is human well-being just a matter of getting everyone to share one ideology?
We view our own and only our own political ideologies as the best for human happiness, but isn’t the case with each ideology that if we all shared it, we’d all be happy? Is human well-being just a matter of … Continue reading
