Ian F said:In reply to frenchyd :
So what will people do after humans build machines that don't need humans anymore?
Hmm...
The path of evolution has always been hard to predict and fascinating to follow. Provided you have the time.
STM317 said:Can you summarize your goal in all of this? We've been pretty wide ranging in this thread now, and I don't think it's possible to achieve all of these goals. Maybe you could focus on your highest priority. Are you trying to help low wage earners? Revive the middle class? Stick it to big business? Eliminate government subsidies of private business? Make sure more people are happy so they don't go on killing sprees? Modify the tax code? What was the end goal when you started this thread?
I don't think anyone has a good answer. Or at least not one that can account for the the unpredictable variable of the human condition. All actions will have reactions. Some good. Some less so. It's hard to say what will happen until you try.
Back in 1917, the Russians tried Marxist communism. In theory, a "perfect" system of government. After 80 years or so, they realized it didn't really work and even now are still working through the fall-out. But they tried. It's easy to look back say how it was doomed to failure, but the world was a lot different back in 1917 with absolute monarchies, world-wide empires and corporate monopolies.
Some 150 years prior to the Russian experiment, a group of white men in Philadelphia decided to try something. Something they thought could work for them at that time in history. As we close in on the 250th anniversary of the start of the American experiment, maybe we will look back on it with some retrospect. What worked? What hasn't really worked? Is there some way to correct the latter without destroying the former?
What can we as simple individuals do? Well, that will depend a lot on your individual situation and what is right or wrong for some won't necessarily be so for others and definitely not everyone. You do what you can to prepare for your own future while trying not to step on the future of others. Try to understand others' situations that may be vastly different than your own.
But be patient.
Any change worth having will take time.
The one good thing about this is I’m listening to a lot of different ideas. Hopefully others are considering what I’ve said.
That’s what’s good about democracy. Free speech.
We can freely share our ideas.
Thank you America’s forefathers.