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ivadim's avatar

I see it as a struggle of greedy algorithms vs higher-order thinking. If, as a collective, we could agree to stop being greedy, a lot of these problems would go away (in theory)

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anzabannanna's avatar

The simple forming of a collective in the first place would be a force to be reckoned with. It's kind of interesting that no one has tried this.

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ivadim's avatar

IтАЩm pretty sure thatтАЩs what most mystic religion is though, as well as many political organizations and movements. ItтАЩs just that they all suffer from the same disadvantage: they lose.

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anzabannanna's avatar

I'm talking about an ideologically null organization that includes everyone. We are told that this is the purpose democracy serves I think, but anyone that falls for that is a sucker.

Your point about spirituality groups and their losing is a good one: case in point, I was planning on attending a 2 day retreat in a few weeks and sent an email with some "unconventional" questions to the organizers: no reply. And this was of the high level Indian Mystic class, the best of the best, the people that preach that inquiry and discernment is what it's all about.

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