Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Andeddu
From : Dennisk
Date : Tue Aug 18 2020 20:58:00

-=> Andeddu wrote to Dennisk <=-

 An>   Re: Re: Neuralink
 An>   By: Dennisk to Andeddu on Mon Aug 17 2020 11:27 am

 >  An> The idea is to make us all the same. Once we all believe in the same
 >  An> thing, and we revere certain societal axioms, human civilisation will
 >  An> move in a single direction... rather than being disparate parts of a
 >  An> machine constantly tearing away at itself with unecessary conflict.
 >
 >  An> Yes, we will have to rely on some kind of dictator to make this happen,
 >  An> as democracy is not a good model for "getting stuff done". But this
 >  An> would occur naturally should there ever be a world government. In that
 >  An> sense, we could achieve either a utopia, or potentially a dystopia.
 >
 > God, that sounds awful.  The worst, most murderous regimes have this as
 > their goal.  Removing those that don't fit in.
 >
 > Make us the same as whose vision?  Which dictator?  Mine? Which axioms?
 > Please don't tell me modern ones, I'll vomit!

 An> The system we have right now doesn't work. You know that, I know that.
 An> This World is imperfect, if only we could wipe away the impurities.

 An> This kind of Utopia would only work under the direction of a kind and
 An> benevolant World Dictator. A future of heavy automation and resource
 An> allocation, designed to uplift the poorest of those in society is
 An> surely preferable to the corrupt petty squabbling we have in this
 An> present day.

 An> Yes, such as system could be used for evil... Bolshevism in Russia,
 An> Nazi Germany, The Khmer Rogue in Cambodia, for instance... which is why
 An> we need an unshakeable consititution, a constitution that would limit
 An> the authority of any dictator in charge, and lock them into the
 An> framework of a good and humane system of control.

Where has this EVER worked?  And where are you going to find a benevolent
dicatator, that won't be unseated, undermined, removed, killed by the less
benevolent?

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