Dec 30 2012: until we solve disparity between the rich and the poor. The powerful and the weak. Living forever will just mean access to despots and tyrants to continue their reign of terror.
Every technology developed today shall be attained by the rich FIRST.
Second problem we'll face is quality of mental health at a prolonged age. Nature has given us a perfect balance between life and longevity. Creatures that live longer tend to have slower metabolism, while those that lives shorter burns themselves up in a flurry of activities.
To sustain continuous indefinite burning of energy would mean overwhelming consumption to keep up with the level of energy needs. So what's the worst case scenario?
1) Large businesses overtaking governments run by board of directors (elders) that maintains the reign of the company and the decision making.
2) The risk of nuclear warfare will be higher as despots built deeper bunkers with suppliers for them to wait out nuclear winters.
3) The rift between the poor and the rich will be even larger as the upper echelons of society forces their value system against the poor. At the end of the day, somebody has to do the job. It'll either be robots or the poor sods.
Frankly, I wouldn't want this to be unleashed to the world until we solve the problems that we face above.
Jun 15 2010: I'd agree to that. Yes, everything can be taught, provided one is willing to learn. Sadly, it almost always takes a huge catastrophe or life changing phenomenon that requires one to shift paradigms.
Jun 15 2010: I'd agree to that. Yes, everything can be taught, provided one is willing to learn. Sadly, it almost always takes a huge catastrophe or life changing phenomenon before one shifts paradigms.
We cannot know what we don't know, because we don't know what we don't.
Jun 15 2010: A system is only as good as the people governing it. The point I was trying to make is even morality is "relative", there is no just ruler as justice is relative.
Some may allude to having machines with rules but that has its own issues that are a tangent to this discussion so I digress.
Feb 9 2010: As cynical as this may sound, there's fundamental changes within the human psyche and culture in order to defeat corruption. A parent will always protect their children and a lover will sacrifice anything for the other. What more then with fraternity brothers and the list goes on.
Corruption to one is culture to another. The American system of transparent lobbying can be likened to "corruption made aware", as long as it is published and no other lobbyst are against it then the motion moves forward. Therein lies the challenge again, the lobbyst with the biggest budget almost always wins.
Can whole nations change, I trust this is almost impossible; this behaviour is ingrained into humanity's psyche, we may yet need another Messiah and religion to change it.
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Every technology developed today shall be attained by the rich FIRST.
Second problem we'll face is quality of mental health at a prolonged age. Nature has given us a perfect balance between life and longevity. Creatures that live longer tend to have slower metabolism, while those that lives shorter burns themselves up in a flurry of activities.
To sustain continuous indefinite burning of energy would mean overwhelming consumption to keep up with the level of energy needs. So what's the worst case scenario?
1) Large businesses overtaking governments run by board of directors (elders) that maintains the reign of the company and the decision making.
2) The risk of nuclear warfare will be higher as despots built deeper bunkers with suppliers for them to wait out nuclear winters.
3) The rift between the poor and the rich will be even larger as the upper echelons of society forces their value system against the poor. At the end of the day, somebody has to do the job. It'll either be robots or the poor sods.
Frankly, I wouldn't want this to be unleashed to the world until we solve the problems that we face above.
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A reply on Talk: Peter Eigen: How to expose the corrupt
We cannot know what we don't know, because we don't know what we don't.
A reply on Talk: Peter Eigen: How to expose the corrupt
Some may allude to having machines with rules but that has its own issues that are a tangent to this discussion so I digress.
A comment on Talk: Peter Eigen: How to expose the corrupt
Corruption to one is culture to another. The American system of transparent lobbying can be likened to "corruption made aware", as long as it is published and no other lobbyst are against it then the motion moves forward. Therein lies the challenge again, the lobbyst with the biggest budget almost always wins.
Can whole nations change, I trust this is almost impossible; this behaviour is ingrained into humanity's psyche, we may yet need another Messiah and religion to change it.
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