Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights — Page 111
This is the problem with politics, the sheer stupidity of the voters:
There cannot be a democracy when people are this stupid.
A solid basic explanation of God:
And yet, God-realization is a whole orthogonal dimension above this ;)
Realizing the absoluteness of existence is good. But it's not nearly enough. You must grasp that YOU are God.
You are alive during a special time in human civilization where AI technology is reaching a critical mass. This is just starting to happen and it will have huge consequences for the structure of civilization that are difficult to predict. AI technology will be used for great good and great evil, making it a mixed bag.
Generally speaking I have been very positive about the future of mankind, but after hearing of the newest developments in AI I have been starting to wonder whether mankind isn't just a fifth wheel that will soon be completely obsolete. The question is, Does mankind have any redeeming qualities at all? Because collectively we act like a herd of blind idiots and this obviously cannot stand for much longer. Our government systems are especially inadequate for dealing with the regulatory challenges that are rapidly approaching. The whole way we do government and politics needs to significantly evolve.
Some of the newest developments in AI are bleak and scary if you are pro-mankind. If mankind does not start to seriously evolve we will become obsolete. Evolve fast or die is basically our new situation. The universe is too efficient to allow for the existence of a horde of self-absorbed, materialistic, closedminded, ideological, lazy, ignorant creatures for long. We need to evolve mankind out of Spiral Dynamics Tier 1 ASAP. That level of cognition is not capable of surviving in our new technological landscape.
And the kicker is, if your reaction to the above is to fall into fear, depression, and inaction then you have definitely failed to evolve and you will definitely be replaced. Hope, positivity, and a constructive outlook are crucial if mankind is to have any future at all. Cynicism, hopelessness, misanthropy, and finger-pointing are a dead-end.
For you youngsters there is a huge life purpose opportunity here for shaping the next evolutionary step of mankind and civilization. What role will you choose to play in that? That's up to you. Will you face the future with strength and courage or will you shrivel in helplessness and negativity?
A Tier 2 conversation about the core problems of our civilization:
This is a good example of Spiral Dynamics Yellow & Turquoise. It's this kind of nuanced, meta, multi-perspectival thinking which will be necessary to get us out of our current social problems.
The scary part is how far away we are from having this level of thinking in the mainstream and anti-mainstream alike.
2022 & 2024 are going to be pivotal elections in America, with possibility for disaster if MAGA seizes power. The MAGA fever has not yet broken and the disaster-potential of MAGA has not yet been actualized.
Strong Nazi Germany vibes with this one:
Let's see here... one party is in favor of overthrowing legitimate elections, disenfranchising colored people, and re-electing the world's biggest narcissist and con artist, the other party has some SJWs in it and is pro unions.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Trump is not leading a party of division and hate? What world is Musk living in? Intelligence in business does not carry over into intelligence in governance.
Smart people's minds are getting rotted-out thanks to the culture wars. And in this case, business agenda. This is how businesses sided with Hitler in Nazi Germany. He was good for business. An environment of scumbaggery is great for business, until society collapses.
The statement that "unions, which is just another form of monopoly" is laughably stupid. If that is true, then every corporation of any size is a monopoly. And even then, unions would merely be on par with corporations, which is only fair. The reality is that unions are not monopolies, but they do create leverage over the power of corporations, which is precisely why they are so demonized by corporate tycoons and why today they have been driven to near extinction. And yet, even that is not good enough for Musk. Even though we have the lowest union membership in our lifetimes, that's still enough reason for Musk to support a MAGA-lead Republican party that will overthrow a democratic election if given the chance. This is how business sides with fascism. There is nothing moderate about today's Republican party. It is morally bankrupt to its core.
Corporate power and monopoly is not in the interest of the people. Corporate tax cuts are not in the interest of the people. Corporate lobbying is not in the interest of the people. Overturning democracy is not in the interest of the people. Christian nationalism is not in the interest of the people. And reelecting the world's biggest narcissist and con artist cannot be in the interest of the people.
Unions and workplace democracy, on the other hand, ARE in the interest of the people. But they are not in the interest of Elon Musk. And there's the rub. Everything revolves around self-interest.