Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Andeddu
From : Dennisk
Date : Mon Aug 24 2020 21:49:00

-=> Andeddu wrote to Dennisk <=-

 An>   Re: Re: Neuralink
 An>   By: Dennisk to Andeddu on Thu Aug 20 2020 10:07 pm

 > Yes, there are a lot of harmful people, who want to control us, dominate us,
 > screw us over.  That is why I object to social engineering, to having
 > someone with authority dicate what we can do, how we should think, engineer
 > us, because far, far, far more likely than not, the person who will get to
 > decide how we should go "forward" will be one of these self-serving
 > assholes.  And they may not come accross that way.  They may come accross as
 > professional, smiley, seemingly rational and selfless.
 >
 > You are talking of engineering people.  I'm saying that if we think we
 > should be engineered, the worst of society will do the engineering.  The
 > people who want to do "good" are often the worst.  Some of the nastiest
 > people I've met, are people who claim to fight for minorities and the
 > underclass, etc.  Anti-racism is hateful.  Inclusion is just discimination
 > by another name.

 An> I believe that we can engineer a better breed of human. I am not
 An> particularly interested in intelligence or anything in relation to
 An> race. I would just like to believe that we could consistently produce
 An> kind and caring human beings... altruists who do good for the sake of
 An> it, asking for nothing else in return.

 An> These people are rare, as most people are equally bad as they are good.
 An> This is hypothetical, of course, as the person or people likely to
 An> promote such an agenda would have to be benevolent & kind themselves...
 An> traits that are generally absent in those who wield true power.

The problem is, in my experience, kind and caring people get screwed over by
those that are now.  I would like that outcome, I really, really, really would.
 But these kind and caring people wouldn't compete for positions of power in
society (they would lose), or for status.  Like it or not, being willing to
lie, cheat, steal, decieve and be a parasite still get you far.  Why?  Because
most people have the awareness of a bag of rocks, and the same courage.  So
many people just don't recognise when someone is playing them, or even if they
do, they don't do anything, becuase perhaps that speaking up against it would
draw attention to you, and you don't want that.

I think self-awareness and bravery are what we need.  People who can tell what
is going on around them, and don't just bend to the crowd, or "play the game". 
See, this is contrary to a society where everyone agrees.

IF you have people like this, the kind, caring, conscienscous people will stand
a better chance..

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