Who in academia is writing about topics like this?
When it comes to man made threats to the future of humanity, the threat can be concisely summarized as:
PRIMARY THREAT: The marriage between violent men and an accelerating knowledge explosion.
To illustrate, consider this thought experiment. Imagine that by some magic we got rid of all nuclear weapons.
What would happen next is that violent men would immediately turn their attention to obtaining other means of projecting power via mass chaos, which the knowledge explosion will inevitably provide them with.
Seen this way, the threat is not really nuclear weapons in particular, but those who would use them, and the processes which will further empower such actors.
I’ve been trying to engage various forms of “experts” on such topics for years. What almost always happens is that the expert has a great wealth of detailed information, but they never seem capable of making their way to the bottom line.
BOTTOM LINE: If we meet the challenge presented by violent men, the human condition will get better and better. If we fail to meet that challenge, the human condition will get worse and worse.
Violent men. If they aren’t writing about that, they aren’t experts. Imho.
Please educate me.
Who in academia is writing about topics like this?
When it comes to man made threats to the future of humanity, the threat can be concisely summarized as:
PRIMARY THREAT: The marriage between violent men and an accelerating knowledge explosion.
To illustrate, consider this thought experiment. Imagine that by some magic we got rid of all nuclear weapons.
What would happen next is that violent men would immediately turn their attention to obtaining other means of projecting power via mass chaos, which the knowledge explosion will inevitably provide them with.
Seen this way, the threat is not really nuclear weapons in particular, but those who would use them, and the processes which will further empower such actors.
I’ve been trying to engage various forms of “experts” on such topics for years. What almost always happens is that the expert has a great wealth of detailed information, but they never seem capable of making their way to the bottom line.
BOTTOM LINE: If we meet the challenge presented by violent men, the human condition will get better and better. If we fail to meet that challenge, the human condition will get worse and worse.
Violent men. If they aren’t writing about that, they aren’t experts. Imho.
Please prove me wrong! Who is writing about this?