rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 29 days agoWhen is democracy appropriate and when is it not?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down134file-text
arrow-up1-20arrow-down1message-squareWhen is democracy appropriate and when is it not?rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·29 days agoMaybe we could invent a high-quality autocrat. Perfect genetics, perfect upbringing and education. A mega-brahmin kinda thing. Or with brain chips. A dozen suboptimal autocrats, networked together to make a more ideal autocrat. Or an AI. Feed it with everything and then ask it policy questions.
minus-squareYappyMonotheist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·29 days agoNo, friend, those people are forged by life, not bred. But if we all had a higher floor (ideologically - ethically), some of us could reach higher ceilings.
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·29 days agoI think the brain-chip network deviates from your heroic portrayal actually.
Maybe we could invent a high-quality autocrat.
Perfect genetics, perfect upbringing and education. A mega-brahmin kinda thing.
Or with brain chips. A dozen suboptimal autocrats, networked together to make a more ideal autocrat.
Or an AI. Feed it with everything and then ask it policy questions.
No, friend, those people are forged by life, not bred. But if we all had a higher floor (ideologically - ethically), some of us could reach higher ceilings.
I think the brain-chip network deviates from your heroic portrayal actually.