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Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by colechristensen on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:35PM (#30550391)
Humanity is fine, just some parts are quite far ahead of others. We just have to get rid of autocrats and authoritarianism. There will be some slides backwards as people in difficult situations value their opinions and risk aversion more than others’ freedoms, and there are plenty of places where people are just fine with their autocrats continuing to rule.

Progress, for the most part, can’t be given.

It is hopeful that Ukraine is having some real success fighting back and for the most part without an external force coming in and trying to do it for them.

Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by awb on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:44PM (#30550453)
> We just have to get rid of autocrats and authoritarianism

And why not criminals while we’re at it?

Sounds like utopia.

The desire for power might be baked into humanity at a deep level.

Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by worldsayshi on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:57PM (#30550524)
>The desire for power might be baked into humanity at a deep level.

I think we confuse the direction of causality a bit here. People in power tends to be those that want power. To get a powerful person you only really need one person who wants power. I think it's a false conclusion to think that people in general seek power.

Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by awb on Thursday March 03, 2022 @11:28PM (#30550705)
How To Win Friends and Influence People is an historical best seller. Almost everyone wants to be rich. Money is power.

I don’t know how many people would be able to resist the One Ring if it was within their reach.

Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by arvinsim on Friday March 04, 2022 @12:05AM (#30550908)
> The desire for power might be baked into humanity at a deep level.

Currently, it is disguised as politics and capitalism.

Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by dsign on Friday March 04, 2022 @11:02AM (#30556549)
> Humanity is fine,

It is, but the reckoning for me is how a single dictator among billions could make so much harm. So it is not enough that humanity is 99.9999% fine. We need fail-safes for things going terribly wrong, and in this particular scenario, having an autonomous colony outside of Earth or underground on Earth could be one such.

Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by TheSoftwareGuy on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:40PM (#30550426)
> We just have to get rid of autocrats and authoritarianism

As if it were so easy!

Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by colechristensen on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:42PM (#30550436)
A centuries long project which has, without doubt, seen much success.
Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by alex_sf on Friday March 04, 2022 @03:07AM (#30551958)
It's not easy, but we've made massive progress throughout human history.
Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by denton-scratch on Friday March 04, 2022 @03:02AM (#30551932)
> We just have to get rid of autocrats and authoritarianism.

Nothing to it - piece of cake. Forget about millennia of human history.

Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by agentdrtran on Friday March 04, 2022 @12:20PM (#30557543)
"We just have to get rid of autocrats and authoritarianism"

Is that all? We can get that done with a new app I think.