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Mike's avatar

I have always viewed human society as necessarily hierarchal if it is to prosper (by whatever definition of prosper). My idea of hierarchy however has different definitions and I struggle to define boundaries because boundaries infer a measurement system (values). Everyone potentially, or actually, has value to offer and we are currently very poor at assigning value. And now we are taking the lazy approach of letting a privileged class and AI assign it for us. And by inaction letting them make live/die decisions without recourse. The feedback mechanisms are broken. Intentionally so. Another manifestation of control. But also subject to occasional disruptive events where some tinkering is permitted to extend the control matrix. Disruptive events are opportunities however I see little chance of anything like that happening without a major disruption that mortally affects the top of hierarchy.

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Proton Magic's avatar

Thanks for shaking us up Ray!

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