Monday, December 30, 2019

Lessons of history: is our real choice Terminator versus The Matrix?

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Some futurists have asked us: what future do we CHOOSE? I thought a lot about that long ago in middle school, and then asked more and more...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Trump impeachment hearings: a Rorshach test for the world?

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trump Impeachment hearings Do you remember what a Rorshach test is? Basically, they show you and image which is somehow very compelling, b...
Tuesday, December 3, 2019

A discussion of the meaning of meaning and of the meaning of life

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Your question was (I think) roughly: What is the meaning of meaning, without falling back on using some kind of quantum explanation? M...
Saturday, November 30, 2019

YES WE COULD: Example of how climate risks could be reduced much better and cheaper than any of today's crusades

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So many people still believe that we cannot reduce the worst case climate risks dramatically except at very high economic costs!! Yes, al...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

What do we know about war as population control or predictable outcome of uncontrolled growth?

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Many space people (Musk?) have proposed that a New Frontier is what we need to avoid the Malthusian growth and collapse which we have seen i...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

To EU and E Warren: is a sledgehammer the way to fix google etc?

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Finally people start to realize that massive changes in the world internet have just begun, and that massive problems could emerge if we don...
Sunday, September 1, 2019

climate threats as a testbed for new AI to cope with pervasive fake news

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People have asked: Why should we feel any need for any change in corporate management laws, structures and culture, even as new IT is abou...