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Tag Archives: Politics
Socialism
Socialism [ 24/March/24 ] While I am against all the things that Dirk used in his definition of socialism; they are not part of the definition of socialism that I was raised in. Where I grew up, socialism was acknowledging … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Nature, Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
Tagged complexity, future, Philosophy, Politics, risk mitigation, socialism, understanding
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Government
[ 27/February/24 ] Not the whole story Dirk. Here in New Zealand, I still live in a culture where most admit of a certain necessity in government, and at the same time are very suspicious of what is essentially the … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Our Future, Politics, understanding
Tagged complexity, cooperation, future, government, Politics, Responsibility, risk mitigation, strategy, survival, understanding
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Governments and AI
Why have governments around the world not taken significant action in regards to artificial intelligence, despite its importance for humanity’s future on Earth? [ 24/February/24 ] First – why do you think that they haven’t? Why do you think that … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future, Politics, Technology, understanding
Tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, future, Politics, understanding
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Anarchism over deep time
How do anarchists view the value of human life in relation to their ideology that states “the only purpose of mankind is to better themselves”? [ 17/February/24 ] If one spends enough time investigating how one can better oneself, then … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Nature, Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
Tagged anarchism, cooperation, future, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
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Thoughts on one world government
What are your thoughts on the concept of a one world government and what steps would be necessary for its implementation? [ 8/February/24 ] It is a bad idea. We don’t want one government. What we need is cooperation in … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future, Politics, understanding
Tagged future, Politics, understanding
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A very long thread on Governance, across 2 sites
Trust in Government [ 28/November/23 Dirk posted “This is the only graph you need by now” and the graphic is essentially a triangle high left low right, with the left axis “Trust in Government” and the bottom axis “Knowledge of … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
Tagged complexity, future, Governance, Philosophy, Politics, risk mitigation, understanding
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The greatest modern issue
[ 25/November/23 ] Lorraine Newman Et al,As another Kiwi, I agree in part and see it differently. As I see it, most of the issues derive from over simplistic or outright false ideas that seem to dominate the economic and … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Nature, Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
Tagged complexity, Economics, Evolution, future, Philosophy, Politics, risk mitigation, understanding
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Lex – Mearsheimer’s realism
Lex – John Mearsheimer – Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 [ 22/November/23 ] Great interview, as it makes clear the faults in Mearsheimer’s position of what he terms “realism”. John gives a reasonably concise definition of the “realism” view … Continue reading
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Tagged future, Philosophy, Politics, understanding
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Climate change response
They achieved net zero cartoon – with Climate change is Natural [ 19/November/23 ] Lots of things are natural, and undesirable – like death by smallpox, or death by rabies, or all the extinction level events we see in the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Politics, understanding
Tagged Climate change, complexity, Politics, risk mitigation, understanding
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Revalations, visions, prophecy and politics
[ 23/October/23 Walter Kant asked:Revelations?Without solid, irrefutable evidence, are claims about revelation always just a falsehood (a fraud or a lie?)?Yes, No(When can revelations be true?)] Same answer as to Walter Smith’s enlightenment question: Why would you think that any … Continue reading
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Tagged future, Politics, prophecy, understanding, visions
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