RE: How do we slay the dragon?
June 22, 2014 at 4:32 pm
(This post was last modified: June 22, 2014 at 4:35 pm by Whateverist.)
It is hard to see how the human race will ever get smarter. The advances in science are carried out by extreme specialists. Lay people become more and more estranged from the technical expertise of its experts. Popular culture doesn't value academics or reflection. I see very little reason for hope. Certainly there is no evolutionary vehicle for selecting for smarter. We're fucked.
Agreed. Coercion would not be effective. But who knows, maybe we'll surprise us.
Agreed. Coercion would not be effective. But who knows, maybe we'll surprise us.
Not sure why this post hiccupped.
(June 22, 2014 at 4:06 pm)max-greece Wrote: Time, information, education and most of all patience is the only real choice we have, sadly.
Agreed. Coercion would not be effective. But who knows, maybe we'll surprise us.
(June 22, 2014 at 4:06 pm)max-greece Wrote: Time, information, education and most of all patience is the only real choice we have, sadly.
Agreed. Coercion would not be effective. But who knows, maybe we'll surprise us.
Not sure why this post hiccupped.
