Clearly I think your view is a bit naive or maybe overly idealistic/simplistic. That is my first impression — I like sushi
Pure freedom would be quite a brutal way to live btw - see above for murder. Freedom at no cost is not freedom. I cannot possibly see how it could be. If you believe it can come at no cost then explain how please. — I like sushi
Other than that I just want to point out that ‘absolute freedom’ means ‘absolute responsibility’. No one sane wants to even attempt to take on that burden. — I like sushi
As for robots and AI you will many people here who would point out several things including the need for humans to feel useful, the fact that there are now billions more people on Earth now than compared to preindustrial times and that your view seems to frame ‘freedom’ as having more leisure time? You have surely heard of people who won the lottery returning to their ‘mundane’ jobs. People like people, and people like to work with people on something. — I like sushi
What do you think about the idea of democracy? Does democracy have a place in a free world or will democracy be outlawed? If there is democracy then necessarily some people will ‘lose out’ for the great good of the masses. Is this okay? To what extent? — I like sushi
Indeed. If you see that there were hundreds of mini-states in Europe before. Because of the Thirty Years' War, the countries started to merge and there was more unification. There was peace. Much later tensions arose again. Until Napoleon came. Another war and the result was that treaties were agreed upon. Another unification of the international system. There was peace again. Much later tensions arose again. Until Hitler got involved. Back war, and what kind. And as a result came the european union, nato, etc. again unification of the international system. There was peace. — Vincent
I think the progress of weapons development will stop after WW3. After the war many people will have disappeared and others will be sick. So the further development of medicine will get a huge boost after WW3. The demand to live longer and perhaps eternal life will increase — Vincent
I wonder what kinda personality a soothsayer worth their salt has. Gloomy Gus-Nervous Nelly OR Dr. Pangloss-Polyanna? — Agent Smith
Which personality is more likely to make correct predictions? — Agent Smith
No never heard of it. What is it about? — Vincent
You lost me! — Agent Smith
You can buy each series from amazon for under £10. I have spend a fair amount of money buying the whole series first on VHS tape and then on DVD and then again on Blue ray and then I bought the spin off movies. and then I found the whole consolidated box set, originally priced at around £150 in a charity shop for a f****** tenner! £10, I bought it of course and gave my old box sets to my brother-in-law.Wow, that does sound interesting. I'm going to find it where I can watch it and then check it out. I may be able to learn something from it. thanks — Vincent
keep it as simple as possible. — Agent Smith
we must find something the whole world agrees on — Agent Smith
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