Agree. Tried to capture this under ‘Potential Challenges’ item #4. My hope is that people would value the environment and sustainability beyond just their own short term interests, but it’s not clear whether that would happen to a sufficient degree.
Sustainable freedom? The problem is that everyone decides what freedom is. It’s an empty bag and no one can prove that their version of liberalism is true. Not even a super-AI will be able to tell us what true freedom is. It might even say that true freedom is Death… Like the Kenyan sect that recently starved itself to death.
I’d like to talk a little more about intelligent ecological pluralism, but might possibly have to improve my ideas even more to really get people interested.
People talking a lot about “freedom” or “liberty” generally just care for their short term interests. We need sustainability.
Agree. Tried to capture this under ‘Potential Challenges’ item #4. My hope is that people would value the environment and sustainability beyond just their own short term interests, but it’s not clear whether that would happen to a sufficient degree.
true, but we still need the sustainable version of the thing they say they want.
Sustainable freedom? The problem is that everyone decides what freedom is. It’s an empty bag and no one can prove that their version of liberalism is true. Not even a super-AI will be able to tell us what true freedom is. It might even say that true freedom is Death… Like the Kenyan sect that recently starved itself to death.
I’d like to talk a little more about intelligent ecological pluralism, but might possibly have to improve my ideas even more to really get people interested.