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Aristophanes
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17 Apr 2016, 1:51 pm

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I betcha by the time any future earth civilization starts getting it right, the sun will nova. too late for earth. some other planet will have to be the test bed, humanity had multiple, abundant chances and still blew it.



I do have a theory where once civilizations reach the atomic age, we are in a race for survival, meaning that we must learn how to colonize and spread ourselves out to other worlds somehow or at some point we will be knocked down again and again. Robert A. Heinlein did say that the Human race should not have all its eggs in one basket. However for some reason, if we don't do ourselves in by doing something stupid, something natural will come and set us back.


Again, science fiction. We aren't even sure if our solar system is in a "bubble" or not-- basically we don't know if our solar system is "normal" or if it's an anomaly. There's also no guarantee we'll ever be able to engineer a craft that can leave the heliosheath into the interstellar medium intact, let alone enter another star's heliosheath. Sure don't put all the eggs in one basket, but also don't think that one of the baskets will magically develop a cocoon to protect the egg from all the problems the other baskets have to deal with. For all intensive purposes our reach is Earth, but we can piss on the moon, s**t on mars, and perhaps fart on Europa someday soon...but our actual reach is still just Earth.



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17 Apr 2016, 3:29 pm

^^^I thought one of the voyager probes already has made it into interstellar space now.



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17 Apr 2016, 4:02 pm

Yep, it farted off (Ausfahrt) the Solar System.


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17 Apr 2016, 4:08 pm

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17 Apr 2016, 9:25 pm

Aristophanes wrote:
Well, the problem with "skynet" in "The Terminator" movies is that currently we aren't even remotely close to developing true artificial intelligence. For the machines to become "self-aware" would require a truly monumental step in not just our engineering, but also our understanding of consciousness itself. I'm more worried about the much closer future where the machines will be out there, and it's a human intelligence controlling them-- since humans have proven to be not all that bright.


You have a point there. One thing that does not sit too well with me is the idea of over use of drones for example. I know "the powers that be" have lots of tools and power at their disposal but knowing that drones are more common and having them flying around everywhere along with the potential for wrong doing really concerns me.



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19 Apr 2016, 5:52 am

auntblabby wrote:
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within our lifetimes we will see the 99% declared surplus. but the joke may be on the 1% if there is nobody left to buy their products.

If world population under "500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature" is achieved and maintained, those who celebrate that goal will have no need for human workers or money.

can you tell me how things would function in this brave new world?


They would function badly. While it is true that pure redistribution can keep people alive, it is also true the humans do not live by bread alone. Pure redistribution of basic goods and services will not produce a happy population.
Can entertainment be redistributed or allocated? It does not seem like since what is entertaining is subjective and varies from person to person.


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20 Apr 2016, 9:19 pm

In the U. S. A. does minimum wage raise talks have anything to do with this?

First McDonald kiosks and then,,,,

me with my tongue near my cheek. Smile smile. :o


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20 Apr 2016, 9:27 pm

a lot of people losing their jobs, and the problems and conflicts which will come with that. It may create enough social chaos eventually to bring down capitalism and lead to more socialist, communist, and third way economics countries



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21 Apr 2016, 1:57 am

Robots might be used to take care of that "chaos", too.


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