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UBI should be set to Assets, like land so it varies according to the population. If it's set to economic activity, that can lead to an over exploitation of resources. Depleting agricultural land, aquifers, oil, and fisheries. Whether a welfare state, UBI or combo, better to tax and redistribute, the fundamental assets as opposed to the production from those assets.

Kill the ant, don't kill the ant. Set the whole nest on fire with a can of deodorant as a makeshift flamethrower or buy an Elon musk one.(discretion advised) God will generally forgive, unless you're a Jain, which kind of rules that out, being your own God.

@Aeris I thought it was odd Aldous Huxley, JFK and C.S Lewis all died on the same day. I haven't read or listened to "The perennial philosophy", but I did listen to "Brave New World" on Audible a while a go. 1984 was better written as a novel, although Brave New World is somewhat darker.

@Aeris Brave New World is a hive organisation, moving towards a "Tech singularity", it is a communist society. (after the main antagonist Berhnard Marx)Where people are genetically bred mostly in test-tubes to fulfil varying roles in society. The Alphas are business leaders and administrators, The Beta's the lieutenants. Females are divided into ones that can breed referred to as "Free Martins".(Free discipline) and ones that can't. Deltas fulfil the role of mechanics and technicians. Gammas are a kind of mutated Alpha, and the main antagonist in the plot Berhnard Marx. Omega's are referred to as "World Controllers."(Serve Satan). The majority of the population is kept drugged on a substance called soma, education is strictly controlled and sexualised from an early age. All the best quality land is reserved for the majority of the World's population. With a mythical Island(That may or may not exist) reserved for misfits. The least viable land is left as an Indian reservation, where the main protagonist "John" grows up, who eventually hangs himself at the end of the book.

@Aakash The self get's unbound in hell, with no shared identity. You can not simultaneously perceive, and not perceive something. Reality would branch off from a fundamental reality.

Very Slow.... But he did get me thinking about etymology (root of words). And brought to light contemplation.

Shares an Identity with, The Christ(Object), an atemporal being, co-substantial with The Father(Time). Water into wine sort of thing.

The first Bioshock game is modelled on the ideas of Objectivism(Andrew Ryan,((Ayn Rand) Anarcho-Capitalism and Anarcho-Syndicalism.(Atlas). While not Anarchist, Objectivism splits into the capitalistic and social elements, a dispute that is resolved by force in the game piece of entertainment/pastime, to destruction. "No Gods or Kings only man." - Bioshock. In an unenlightened society, the most sociopathic reign supreme, faster to process or sum over information/resources/initiative/distance. Best some where in the middle between Anarchism and Tyranny, of various kinds. Crucially leaving God out of it, will lead to disaster, as any possibility for communication goes up in smoke.

Mind = Reality. Reality is finite, a mind is finite. An infinite number of marbles, is no marbles at all. To say Ultimate Reality is Infinite, I think involves a degree of choice and depends on one's metaphysics.

Fossil fuel bonanza.

Yes. But I do not understand it.

What about claiming a belief in Atheism? You're refuting something.

The best politician for all would be something that approximates the Grim Reaper. Where as if he were Santa Clause, someone would feel jealous and the goods have to come from somewhere, either a legion of Elfs, or Chinese & Indian Sweatshop workers. Although electing the Grim Reaper would infringe on free-will. Even as he reaps what is sown. I suppose if India and Pakistan get into a nuclear exchange over Kashmir. Either enjoy the fireworks, or team up with the biggest thug on the block in the chaos. If not, maybe China will go full tyrant when it can, their language is connotated and not denotated. Even if a person is not conscious, they can still sleepwalk and perform tasks. Even drive a car.

Live and Let Die.

If the Ego takes responsibility, then no. I think it's more about finding out why you made the choices you did. A person makes many choices unconsciously and consciously. In sports and in life.

@Yog A consumption tax, rather than an income tax. As resources are finite. High Tax on gasoline. Plastic products. Electronics. Luxury goods. Chemicals. Entertainment retail. Match tariffs in proportion to a nations GNP per capita. Similar GNP per capita, no Tariffs. Massive tariffs on poorer countries. No taxes on farming produce, or the issuing of subsides. No Property or Council tax. Pay as you go garbage collection barcodes on sacks or microchipped. An inheritance tax. No state school system. National service scheme. Tree planting, fire fighting, military, police and social care.

@AnthonyR Space-Time as a non-duality, does not exist at the microscopic level. "Nature abhors a vacuum."

Should be "know" you. In my previous post, my bad.

Quantity(Economic and efficient). Survival in cold climates, dense energy reserve in the form of butter or cheese. @Billy Shears https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1569871/Drink-rats-milk-says-Heather-Mills.html

I figure it has a metaphysical implications. I mean why not go through every letter of the Greek Alphabet. Alpha's being diehard objectivists consciously or not, A is A. Beta's more subjectivists.

@jim123 Eastern Orthodox or Hinduism. "Image of God."(a projection of God/divine energy, teleology) Distributed Solipsism. Jainism. Trans-Theist. The darkside. You are god. Attain "Christ Consciousness", blaspheme of the Holy spirit. (unforgiveable sin). As for forgiveness(or prophecy) to be possible, time must be recursive. Better not step, on even an ant, although if you do, what's a few more.... The thing with Trinity Christians, is what God are they talking about? Father, Son, Spirit. All three at once? Eastern Orthodox, sidesteps it a bit with a panentheistic model of reality.

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