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Originally posted by bobspud View PostWon't take long to let the earth recover when its back down to just a few million inhabitants...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones
In June 1979, a man using the pseudonym Robert C. Christian approached the Elberton Granite Finishing Company on behalf of "a small group of loyal Americans", and commissioned the structure. Christian explained that the stones would function as a compass, calendar and clock, and should be capable of withstanding catastrophic events. Joe Fendley of Elberton Granite assumed that Christian was "a nut" and attempted to discourage him by giving a quote several times higher than any project the company had taken, explaining that the Guidestones would require additional tools and consultants. Christian accepted the quote.[2] When arranging payment, Christian explained that he represented a group which had been planning the Guidestones for 20 years, and which intended to remain anonymous.[2]
1.Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2.Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
3.Unite humanity with a living new language.
4.Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
5.Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6.Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7.Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8.Balance personal rights with social duties.
9.Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
10.Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.
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Originally posted by Hobosapien View PostWhile it sadly is still a way off, automation will allow humans to spend more effort finding and colonising a second home so Earth isn't over stressed and ruined by us.
Like what happened during the total war phase of WWII, the population will be able to concentrate on producing space ships and all that goes with it to get us to Mars and way beyond, to Earth 2.
In the meantime, the current problems need addressing. The billionaires with visions can talk but we need action, not ever distant dreams. I'm still waiting for most of the stuff promised to us on Tomorrow's World.
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Originally posted by tiggat View PostRight because welfare state countries like Scandinavia have a much poorer standard of living than the States.
That's racist.
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While it sadly is still a way off, automation will allow humans to spend more effort finding and colonising a second home so Earth isn't over stressed and ruined by us.
Like what happened during the total war phase of WWII, the population will be able to concentrate on producing space ships and all that goes with it to get us to Mars and way beyond, to Earth 2.
In the meantime, the current problems need addressing. The billionaires with visions can talk but we need action, not ever distant dreams. I'm still waiting for most of the stuff promised to us on Tomorrow's World.
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Originally posted by Eirikur View PostUBI like all free money only causes inflation to explode
Now go and find a model that works on 90% unemployment with automation building nearly everything and AI controlling sentiment in the financial markets rather than stupid human fear or yet another royal baby.
The choices open to the people that get to go to Davos are:
a) Find away to give out free money so normal people can feed themselves
b) Retire to a tiny island and let the rest of the human race kill each other in some kind of mad max dystopia
c) Mix of both
We have seen that business is more than satisfied to sack its workers and move work overseas when theres a quick buck.
India are already in the process of sacking thousands of workers in the IT industry as automation improves productivity.
All the signs are pointing to the fact that we have a vastly over populated planet.
While the tin hat doom monkeys might look a bit dumb hiding in the hills of Virginia, the world stage is subtilely moving to a point where we don't need that many humans to do the work.
The fact that guys like Bill Gates and other world visionaries are openly talking about automation and AI means they have already figured out that there is a big change coming have some ideas about it and are starting to drip feed it down into the rest of us.
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Corpunism. The new sexy hybrid mashup making the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Whats not to like?
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