Re:Is Societal Collapse Inevitable?
by rramadass on Monday December 30, 2024 @04:58AM
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Thanks; that is a good paper. I had heard of the author from his Superintelligence book but never really read any of his works. I had come to my own conclusions that Science/Technology, the Complexity they entail and the uses they will be put to will ultimately be our undoing. This paper on their stark misuse (IMO it is a question of "when" and not "if") is indeed a timely reminder.
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His other work "information hazards" is brilliant. Definitely a must-read if you are someone interested in talking about topics like the OSS/CIA + communications technology with people who have more lived trauma or exist in sensitive public spaces.
My PoV is that we have lived in that very system for 30-40 years. I blame a poor interpretation of "limits to growth" for most of the worlds problem (no fault of the other of course). https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-poli...
insane link but i don't want to wrap it in a shortener. Check Don's website for more content.
If you really want to hop into some scary stuff check this out: https://www.nano.gov/timeline and https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/series/aiei/new-war-te...
On the less spooky more preventative side of things def watch some videos from stafford beer on cybernetics and see if any of his written works interest you.