• Kameron
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    I'll give you the TR;DR up front: what's a cool future society you've envisioned before? Is it based on any philosophical principle?


    Imagine humans colonize space and the average lifespan is extended to ~ 600 years. One government for and by the people unifies all 80 human colonies which are on 80 separate planets, all nearly identical to earth. The people and government collectively decide their lives will be more interesting if each planet goes through its own cultural evolution, separate and distinct from one another. Each colony develops their own customs, legal system, traditions, etc which is grounded on some past philosophical work.

    You get the chance to design one of the worlds, what would it look like?

    Here are some examples:
    (1) Heidegger's " Building Dwelling Thinking" he makes the case architecture is highest form of art with the most significant impact on collective well being. Therefore, one can imagine one of the planets devoting most of their resources towards developing new architectural styles and worshiping certain ones. Subdividing their one planet into thirty sections, each with its own architectural style, etc. And it creates a college program where students gradually travel through all thirty sections over the duration of their education.
    (2) In light of findings in neuroscience that demonstrate humans are happiest in small groups, one of the planets confines its citizen to groups of twenty and does not allow group social webs to cross.
    (3) In one planet, people are locked in a warehouse for three days every week and a giant Barney dinosaur comes in with a megaphone screaming "who is ready to die?" (what would be the philosophical work behind this one?)


    It's just 1 planet out of 80, so it needs to be unique.
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