Election 2024: The Fate of Democracy

Millsy · 23 Jan

Hursty bringing the much needed sunshine here. I feel cleansed and ready to face the future with a renewed vavavoom x

303abuser · 23 Jan

Hursty I’ve always considered myself more of a realist than leaning toward serious pessimism or optimism. Not sure if that’s an accurate assessment, but here we are.

Covid really changed my view on both individuals and society as a whole. I always assumed that people would come together and work toward a common goal when faced with crisis. All we got was more division, ignorance, and an increasingly fractured society. We have access to all of the information and technology we need to be abundantly successful, but social media and corporate greed seem to be working very effectively in the opposite direction.

Humans seem to be pretty resilient, so we’ll probably survive, just in much smaller numbers. Can AI solve some of this? Maybe? Do I think people are going to willingly give up power and wealth for a better common good? Absolutely not.

And to be clear, I’m not looking back, I’m looking forward. We live in the safest time in human history. The average person lives with wealth and resources beyond kings from 500 years ago. I’m well aware of where we are, I just don’t like the direction things are going.

Mad_Cyril · 23 Jan

Millsy
Hursty will be laughing at everyone from Mars when his bingobongocoin coin stock takes off

Hursty · 23 Jan

Mad_Cyril Its called Microstrategy MC

Mad_Cyril · 23 Jan

Hursty my man

C_J · 23 Jan

303abuser We have access to all of the information and technology we need to be abundantly successful, but social media and corporate greed seem to be working very effectively in the opposite direction.

An interesting point, and one addressed by Yuval Noah Harari in his latest book Nexus.

I won’t attempt to do justice to his thinking here, other than to mention it’s apparently to do with how an increase in the amount of information in a network can often lead to worse outcomes due to a disruption in the balance between “truth” (an accurate representation of reality) and “order” (a stable social structure).

Or something.

bosstrabs · 23 Jan

Smallman1 Someone’s getting an invite!

What’s the most grimly depressing thing on Jaded Clubbers?

Hugo attempting a bants
Homegrove upbraiding someone for being anti-trans
When you see Amps has posted more Twitter bilge?

Genuinely not sure.

Mad_Cyril · 23 Jan

C_J I won’t attempt to do justice to his thinking here, other than to mention it’s apparently to do with how an increase in the amount of information in a network can often lead to worse outcomes due to a disruption in the balance between “truth” (an accurate representation of reality) and “order” (a stable social structure).

It’s hardly innovative thinking is it? Just look at the bilge Twitter creates amongst the BERKS!

303abuser · 23 Jan

C_J Haven’t read that particular book, but I’m generally aligned with him on this stuff. I think AI is much more likely to be a threat than a savior, for example.

Dubman · 24 Jan

Along_the_Wire · 24 Jan

Dubman Jesus!

Mad_Cyril · 24 Jan

Dubman He really is the messiah

Dubman · 24 Jan

Does Hannu live in a forest

Millsy · 24 Jan

Hannu is an ewok

Amps · 24 Jan

Millsy perhaps if you posted your comments alongside a pic of some double D dirtbox you’ll get more agreement?

Could be a strategy, but every thread would have to be NSFW.

Amps · 24 Jan

Millsy Hannu is a bald ewok

Fixed.

Amps · 24 Jan

Hursty Does sound like pure hyperbole to scare the masses

Then you’re not paying attention.

Homegrove · 24 Jan

Hey, I’m not THAT short!

303abuser · 24 Jan

Amps I find living somewhere blanketed in wild fire smoke for half the summer every year now makes it more difficult to ignore.

Amps · 24 Jan

303abuser Unfortunately, half the population of this planet is devoid of imagination and empathy, and therefore they are unable to walk in someone else’s shoes even for a minute. Until it happens to them, they won’t lift a finger. See the snooker fans etc.