Ask HN: Where is this world heading?

Re:Ask HN: Where is this world heading? by climatologist on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @08:37PM (#36609348)

Birth rates don't have much to do with the superiority of technology over biology. The most technologically advanced nations will determine the course of history just like they have in the past and right now that's the US and China.

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Re:Ask HN: Where is this world heading? by mrwnmonm on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @08:44PM (#36609412)

Does advanced technology matter if it can't make people happy?

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Re:Ask HN: Where is this world heading? by climatologist on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:10PM (#36609606)

I like Zizek's take on this, being happy is overrated and most people are actually pretty happy with not doing anything other than watching YouTube and playing video games.

Plus, I don't see any way to prevent technological progress. It has a "will" of its own and will continue to advance. Jaques Ellul has already written about this but I think Heidegger and McLuhan are also in the same camp with similar ideas.

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Re:Ask HN: Where is this world heading? by mrwnmonm on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:23PM (#36609684)

> and most people are actually pretty happy with not doing anything other than watching YouTube and playing video games.

Are you this guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYoKRS_eWZY

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Re:Ask HN: Where is this world heading? by climatologist on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:25PM (#36609702)

Chomsky? No, but I also like Chomsky's perspective on most matters. He's more often correct than not.

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Re:Ask HN: Where is this world heading? by mrwnmonm on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:31PM (#36609761)

Not funny.

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Re:Ask HN: Where is this world heading? by tboyd47 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @08:57PM (#36609512)

And does it matter if there are no people?

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Re:Ask HN: Where is this world heading? by mrwnmonm on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:26PM (#36609709)

No. But what kind of evidence do you have to push this prediction?

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Re:Ask HN: Where is this world heading? by tboyd47 on Thursday July 06, 2023 @09:22AM (#36615343)

I'm not predicting that the future has no people. I'm saying that if the play is technology versus people, you should go to the side of the people.

Because who is going to use the technology?

If the northern juggernauts (U.S., Russia, and China) a.k.a. "Judeo-Christian West" -- what a misnomer that is -- (Europe is not even a consideration at this point, just look at France) are not reproducing their own population, but exporting technology to the rest of the world via proxy wars, smuggling, and aborted invasions, and importing people who have divided allegiances to their home countries, how does the power dynamic play out?

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