Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Andeddu
From : Dennisk
Date : Tue Aug 18 2020 21:02:00

-=> Andeddu wrote to Dennisk <=-

 An>   Re: Re: Neuralink
 An>   By: Dennisk to Andeddu on Mon Aug 17 2020 11:39 am

 > I think that ideology and culture is to some degree, genetically determined
 > in subtle ways.  Perhaps not significantly, but I would be surprised if it
 > wasn't.
 >
 > Star Trek is science fiction, based upon contemporary Western ideals which
 > have been held by a small minority of the human population, for a tiny
 > fraction of history (these ideals will become outdated soon).  It is just a
 > story.  You may as well be using The Cat in the Hat the determine the future
 > history of humanity, the latter is more realistic (I've seen a cat wear a
 > hat).

 An> Obviously my thoughts on the future of humanity are heavily influnced
 An> by Western ideals, those ideals are all I know. If our current Western
 An> ideals become outdated, what do you think will replace them?

 An> My projections of humanity's future are based on the beliefs of people
 An> like Musk, Gates along with those weilding the power in Silicon Valley.
 An> Technology WILL play an all encompassing part of our lives, there's no
 An> arguing against that. Then again, US-China relations could disintegrate
 An> into a nuclear war, killing us all.

 An> Anything can happen!

I think Musk is disconnected with reality to some degree, as is most of Silicon
Valley.  These people are the last people I would go to, to get advice on where
humanity should go.  Why would you think someone who lives in a bubble, would
understand how the world works?  These are business people, and they have
geared their knowledge towards their trade.

What will replace our ideals?  I'm not sure, but we can see that populism is a
growing force, people are rejecting some ideals.  The EU is falling apart, the
TPP is dead, people are wanting less and less this future of global hegemony. 
We saw Brexit, and we will see soon, I think a move away from "diversity" as an
ideal.  We are halfway there, as this idea now smells of a bad religion and is
a source of conflict.  We will begin to realise that these high ideals don't
work.  And I won't miss them either.

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