Boss is telling us to hold the line
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Out of curiosity, how do you see the future unfolding? What kind of scenario do you fathom in say, 25 - 50 years?
Well into the start of 1000 years or permanent darkness for most of humanity.
Amazed that humans were so blind before access to universal knowledge.
As to which , the first fold in that origami will be decided within the next 11 months. As any good builder knows planning is the longest and hardest step.
And acting like a typical lawyer whining about all the things that could go wrong only perpetuates the FEAR that has made everything so twisted until now.
So are you saying that me going
"hey guys, what they seem to be building would be damn near impossible to reverse and there's about 20 different ways it could go wrong and that's only the unintentionals, not to mention what would happen if bad actors got control of it"
is itself propelling us into the very thing I'm warning you about?
Another question, are you a christian? dont have to answer jus curious..
as to your lawyer slur,
Approximately half of the Founding Fathers were lawyers or had legal training. Of the 55 delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787, 35 were lawyers or had legal training, which represents about 64% of the delegates.
Among the signers of the Declaration of Independence, 25 out of 56 were lawyers, making law the most common profession among the signers.
The pace of knowledge/information is said to be doubling every 12 to 24 hours currently , so your "there's about 20 different ways it could go wrong" way underestimates humanities' potential for fucking things up. But it is still rushing at us at full speed so we must attempt to guide that force in a useful direction. Just as the founding fathers did with the energy , that "freedom" from many of the old worlds restrictions , that propelled the Colonists.
Example : John Adams : In 1756, Adams began reading law under James Putnam, a leading lawyer in Worcester.[15] In 1758, he earned an A.M. from Harvard,[16] and in 1759 was admitted to the bar.
Modern day lawyers are "trained" , as are dogs, but in Adams day they studied and read for the philosophy more than practical applications. Which is why he defended the Brit soldiers.
I wonder why in 1809 when the Original 13th amendment was ratified ( then memory holed by the War of 1812) barring those with the title Esq. 7 others was even suggested ?
My refutation to your position was to say that gauging the potential problems with a structure is precisely what the founding fathers did and it's how we ended up with the Constitution. Foresight has gone a long way. And you seem to expect me to abandon mine.
Even called my pineal gland calcified. You bastard!