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To: elpolvo who wrote (391110)	12/8/2018 4:27:00 PM
From: abuelita	Respond to of 542043

To: elpolvo who wrote (391110)

12/9/2018 12:07:17 PM

From: koan

Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 542043

I am sorry, but I don't know what you mean?

So let me try and make it clear what I believe, and what I am saying. I believe in modern progressive social planning as taught in every major university in the world.

And I share my political opinions with the new Democratic progressive caucus in the House which now has 100 members.

That is it.

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koan-

I have no idea what that means-lol?

i know.

the questions you posed were a "tell".

Q1: And how can you be skeptical of social planning?
Q2: Do you think societies do better without planning-lol?

A1: i'm not skeptical of social planning. i'm skeptical of using a 20th century
top-down non-tech system to operate in a 21st century, information technology
world that operates "from the edge to the center" instead of from the orange-top
head of state to the bottom (citizen people).

A2. that's an insulting question and i'm tempted to have john lennon
answer it saying, "life is what happens while you are making other plans"
but i won't. let's set that question aside for philosophy hour and get back
to your proposed "solutions" for governing the USA which i'll call
"fixing the swamp". for NOW, let's both assume we're talking about
solutions for human governance (including planning).

what if there were an electronic network that enabled almost
everyone in the human race to communicate with each other
instantly?

what if there was a way to collect information about every system
on the planet in real time and then archive that data for use in planning?

what if there were computer algorithms that could search and use
that data to solve real time problems at speeds thousands of times
faster than any human researcher(s)? what if there were artificially
intelligent computers that could write and improve upon their own
governing algorithms?

would that suggest to you that some system much more inclusive,
more intelligent, and much faster might be created to help manage
the affairs of mankind than the current USA system of government?

would you abandon the old system for the new if it was faster, smarter,
kinder, more effective, and gave EVERYONE a voice?

do you believe in evolution? (sorry, that's a trick question - just ignore it.)
lol :-)

-elpolvo