Re:The Dangerous Ideas of “Longtermism” and “Existential Risk”
by em-bee on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @07:01AM
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all this discussion misses the real solution to improve our life in the short and long term:
education!
only if we raise the level of education in the worlds population as a whole, only if we give everyone the tools to understand the dangers we are facing, and we allow everyone to make the right decision without blindly following any leaders, only then we will be able to lift humanity to new heights and solve all our problems, both in the sort term and in the long term.
climate change is not a leadership problem (as one commenter here puts it). having a charismatic leader tell everyone what to do may work for a short term, until the next leader comes along and tells something else.
climate change is an education problem. only if everyone actually understands why it is a problem, are we able to make effective changes. the same is true for every other problem we are facing.
education will help lift people out of poverty, it will remove racism and any other form of discrimination. it will enable everyone to make a contribution to the advancement of humanity.
education will allow us to better understand any problems we are facing, and solve them faster. it will enable global cooperation towards a better future for everyone.
education!
only if we raise the level of education in the worlds population as a whole, only if we give everyone the tools to understand the dangers we are facing, and we allow everyone to make the right decision without blindly following any leaders, only then we will be able to lift humanity to new heights and solve all our problems, both in the sort term and in the long term.
climate change is not a leadership problem (as one commenter here puts it). having a charismatic leader tell everyone what to do may work for a short term, until the next leader comes along and tells something else.
climate change is an education problem. only if everyone actually understands why it is a problem, are we able to make effective changes. the same is true for every other problem we are facing.
education will help lift people out of poverty, it will remove racism and any other form of discrimination. it will enable everyone to make a contribution to the advancement of humanity.
education will allow us to better understand any problems we are facing, and solve them faster. it will enable global cooperation towards a better future for everyone.