Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Dennisk
From : Andeddu
Date : Tue Aug 18 2020 21:06:25

  Re: Re: Neuralink
  By: Dennisk to Andeddu on Tue Aug 18 2020 09:02 pm

 > 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

And why is populism, nationalism and anti-globalism so fiercely opposed by the
media? Do you view Trump as someone railing against the global hegemony?

I can't see anything but conflict in our immediate future. Politics (in the US
in particular) has never been so toxic.

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