gggg gggg
According to the following:
- Only time will tell whether rapid industrial and technological development fueled by modern scientific understanding
was the correct direction to take; may be China took the right course rather than following the West in its mad dash to
exploit the planet.
https://www.chinasage.info/needham-question.htm
According to the following:
- Only time will tell whether rapid industrial and technological development fueled by modern scientific understanding
was the correct direction to take; may be China took the right course rather than following the West in its mad dash to
exploit the planet.
https://www.chinasage.info/needham-question.htmI didn't bother clicking on the link, post the relevant text in this thread if you want us to read it, but I'd say China
is now on a mad dash to exploit the planet and they don't give a single shit about how they do it, as long as it
makes them a profit.
It's the West that invented the concepts of conservation and environmentalism and it's the West that is doing
the most to promote these concepts. If the shoe had been on the other foot, China (and the third world) would
have burned the planet to a cinder a long time ago.
gggg gggg
Ed Stasiak
It's the West that invented the concepts of conservation and environmentalism and it's the West that is doing
the most to promote these concepts. If the shoe had been on the other foot, China (and the third world) would
have burned the planet to a cinder a long time ago.
According to the 1992 book "China: A New History" by John King Fairbank:
- [The] disparaging judgment [that Ming China almost purposely missed the boat of modern technological and
economic development] comes out of the context of the late twentieth-century, when technology and growth
have created innumerable disorders in all aspects of life all over the world without disclosing as yet the principles
of order that may postpone the destruction of human civilization.
In time the self-contained growth of Ming China with its comparable peace and well-being may be admired by
historians, who may see a sort of success where today we see failure.
gggg gggg
Ed Stasiak
It's the West that invented the concepts of conservation and environmentalism and it's the West that is doing
the most to promote these concepts. If the shoe had been on the other foot, China (and the third world) would
have burned the planet to a cinder a long time ago.
According to the 1992 book "China: A New History" by John King Fairbank:
- [The] disparaging judgment [that Ming China almost purposely missed the boat of modern technological andWas listening to a bit of the Dan Bongino(sp?) radio show today and he was talking about a guy who wrote
economic development] comes out of the context of the late twentieth-century, when technology and growth
have created innumerable disorders in all aspects of life all over the world without disclosing as yet the principles
of order that may postpone the destruction of human civilization.
a book about AI (artificial intelligence) who is saying we're on the road to human extinction (and maybe all
life on Earth) by doing what humans usually do; invent some cool technology without thinking and planning
for the consequences.
In time the self-contained growth of Ming China with its comparable peace and well-being may be admired bySure, as long as you weren't a mud-farming peasant.
historians, who may see a sort of success where today we see failure.
On Monday, April 10, 2023 at 12:18:13 PM UTC-7, Ed Stasiak wrote:
all aspects of life all over the world without disclosing as yet the principles of order that may postpone the destruction of human civilization. In time the self-contained growth of Ming China with its comparable peace and well-being may be admired byAccording to the following:
- Only time will tell whether rapid industrial and technological development fueled by modern scientific understanding
was the correct direction to take; may be China took the right course rather than following the West in its mad dash to
exploit the planet.
https://www.chinasage.info/needham-question.htmI didn't bother clicking on the link, post the relevant text in this thread if you want us to read it, but I'd say China
is now on a mad dash to exploit the planet and they don't give a single shit about how they do it, as long as it
makes them a profit.
It's the West that invented the concepts of conservation and environmentalism and it's the West that is doingAccording to the 1992 book "China: A New History" by John King Fairbank:
the most to promote these concepts. If the shoe had been on the other foot, China (and the third world) would
have burned the planet to a cinder a long time ago.
- [The] disparaging judgment [that Ming China almost purposely missed the boat of modern technological and economic development] comes out of the context of the late twentieth-century, when technology and growth have created innumerable disorders in
https://books.google.com/books?id=nBDC2cqb6I0C&pg=PA139&dq=%22disparaging+judgment+comes+out+of+the+context%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB9JO6taD-AhWYJUQIHScYB8cQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=%22disparaging%20judgment%20comes%20out%20of%20the%20context%22&f=false
If the past helps inform about the future, human extinction is in doubt. There are too many specimen all over the place for us to be completely eradicated. When numbers were MUCH smaller, humanity and the mammals that preceded it, made it throughincredibly tough times, horrifying extinctions due to impacts from space, oceans of magma polluting the air, deadly radiation when the ozone layer dissipated, not to mention surviving predators many times our size and strength. There is only one
HARD TO KILLgoing the way of the little toe as well: atrophy. But for now we are still upper-Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, and need to exercise. But it will cease to be the case eventually.
Just when evolution is still reacting to our bipedalism, by deeming toes unnecessary, since we no longer live in trees (notice how the human little toe is on its way out), now evolution realizes our legs are also pretty much unnecessary, so legs are
In thousands of years, therefore, our body will, again, adapt to the environment, if it has time. With change so rapid, there is a disconnect between rapid changes of environment and slow adaptations to it. This may be a problem putting us inenvironment poorly suited to our bodies and minds. But for that we have our human adaptations. When biology needs to be restricted, we invent psychological measures, for example, morality, laws, rules, etc., which ride on the back of biology. And like
I believe there will be times of great dying due to war, lack of resources, or natural disasters, but unless the whole Earth becomes abiotic due harsh conditions everywhere, which is a SMALL probability, we are here to stay.
I cannot see how our intelligence can stop improving completely, so, relative to now, we are really on our way to become gods.
If the past helps inform about the future, human extinction is in doubt. There are too many specimen all over the place for us to be completely eradicated. When numbers were MUCH smaller, humanity and the mammals that preceded it, made it throughincredibly tough times, horrifying extinctions due to impacts from space, oceans of magma polluting the air, deadly radiation when the ozone layer dissipated, not to mention surviving predators many times our size and strength. There is only one
HARD TO KILLgoing the way of the little toe as well: atrophy. But for now we are still upper-Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, and need to exercise. But it will cease to be the case eventually.
Just when evolution is still reacting to our bipedalism, by deeming toes unnecessary, since we no longer live in trees (notice how the human little toe is on its way out), now evolution realizes our legs are also pretty much unnecessary, so legs are
In thousands of years, therefore, our body will, again, adapt to the environment, if it has time. With change so rapid, there is a disconnect between rapid changes of environment and slow adaptations to it. This may be a problem putting us inenvironment poorly suited to our bodies and minds. But for that we have our human adaptations. When biology needs to be restricted, we invent psychological measures, for example, morality, laws, rules, etc., which ride on the back of biology. And like
I believe there will be times of great dying due to war, lack of resources, or natural disasters, but unless the whole Earth becomes abiotic due harsh conditions everywhere, which is a SMALL probability, we are here to stay.
I cannot see how our intelligence can stop improving completely, so, relative to now, we are really on our way to become gods.
If the past helps inform about the future, human extinction is in doubt. There are too many specimen all over the place for us to be completely eradicated. When numbers were MUCH smaller, humanity and the mammals that preceded it, made it throughincredibly tough times, horrifying extinctions due to impacts from space, oceans of magma polluting the air, deadly radiation when the ozone layer dissipated, not to mention surviving predators many times our size and strength. There is only one
HARD TO KILLgoing the way of the little toe as well: atrophy. But for now we are still upper-Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, and need to exercise. But it will cease to be the case eventually.
Just when evolution is still reacting to our bipedalism, by deeming toes unnecessary, since we no longer live in trees (notice how the human little toe is on its way out), now evolution realizes our legs are also pretty much unnecessary, so legs are
In thousands of years, therefore, our body will, again, adapt to the environment, if it has time. With change so rapid, there is a disconnect between rapid changes of environment and slow adaptations to it. This may be a problem putting us inenvironment poorly suited to our bodies and minds. But for that we have our human adaptations. When biology needs to be restricted, we invent psychological measures, for example, morality, laws, rules, etc., which ride on the back of biology. And like
I believe there will be times of great dying due to war, lack of resources, or natural disasters, but unless the whole Earth becomes abiotic due harsh conditions everywhere, which is a SMALL probability, we are here to stay.
I cannot see how our intelligence can stop improving completely, so, relative to now, we are really on our way to become gods.
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