Questions Only V: Where's The Beef?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:45 am

For the same reason, are Bernie and Joe Biden doomed to never win the presidency?

Post by **huggle** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:36 am

Isn't that likely, given the fact that many nations have an unfortunate tendency to always elect the worst possible candidate?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:03 pm

Should we hand over the election of our officials to robots, like Klaatu's people did?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:55 pm

Did you know that exact scenario has been proposed by author Yuval Noah Harari? And that he says a human figurehead is whom we'll be voting for when in fact it's the algorthms who are in charge?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Sun Mar 03, 2019 8:55 pm

Was this proposed as a suggestion or a conspiracy theory?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:19 pm

I think a suggested possibility. Harari is quite a visionary. Have you read any of Harari's books or watched any of his Youtube interviews?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:33 pm

No, what is it about his worldview that you think is important?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:44 pm

Did you know that Harari writes about future digital dictatorships, such that when “the biotech revolution merges with the infotech revolution, it will produce big data algorithms that can monitor and understand my feelings much better than I can, and then authority will probably shift from humans to computers”? (more here)

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:44 pm

Do you think Professor Harari will ever decide to write fiction, like Carl Sagan did?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 3:51 am

Would it surprise you to know that he truly values science fiction because it gives us glimpses into imagined future worlds?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:57 pm

Would it surprise you to know that I bought two of his books with my Amazon windfall and read a chapter about Science Fiction?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:29 am

Seriously? Which books? I think he's written three.

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:09 pm

Which two would you have recommended if you knew I was about to buy them?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:58 am

They're all good, but how could I not resist recommending Sapiens and 21 lessons?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Fri Mar 08, 2019 11:19 pm

Well, I got 21 Lessons, but wouldja believe I went for Homo Deus instead?

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