But most of our so-called leaders have been power-hungry idiots for ages

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But most of our so-called leaders have been power-hungry idiots for ages

Socrates II — 2/27/2009 2:08:52 PM (archived)

And we are still here.

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

- Some guy named Mohandas Gandhi

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Surviving 1,000 centuries, can we do it ? - Raoul - 2/25/2009 4:12:05 PM
- I think so, or at least whatever we evolove into. (n/t) - REB - 2/27/2009 5:50:45 PM
  - I think we have about a century and a half to go - mip - 3/1/2009 5:08:09 PM
    - According to J. Richard Gott the Third - Socrates II - 3/2/2009 1:53:01 PM
- If idiots remain in charge as they are today, I doubt Humanity will survive for ONE more century. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 12:08:23 AM
  - The idiots have always been in charge. - ER - 3/1/2009 3:51:05 PM
    - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln - Marsby - 3/1/2009 9:13:58 PM
  - But most of our so-called leaders have been power-hungry idiots for ages - Socrates II - 2/27/2009 2:08:52 PM
    - But they did NOT have nukes. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 5:14:48 PM
      - Lots of dictators didn't need nukes to kill millions - Socrates II - 2/27/2009 7:13:33 PM
- Maybe it's best humanity not survive. - Jacob - 2/26/2009 4:55:50 PM
  - Baloney - Marsby - 2/28/2009 5:37:13 PM
  - I disagree. - REB - 2/27/2009 5:52:12 PM
  - Largely true. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 12:09:06 AM
  - And another intelligent, tool using species will do better? - Socrates II - 2/26/2009 6:20:58 PM
    - Who cares. You're life will be meaningless and unknown in 1000 years anyways. (n/t) - Jacob - 2/27/2009 7:33:02 PM
      - Well, thanks for the real picker-upper - Socrates II - 2/27/2009 7:55:21 PM
- re: Surviving 1,000 centuries, can we do it ? - gbaikie - 2/25/2009 11:01:38 PM
  - re: Surviving 1,000 centuries, can we do it ? - Mr Fibuli - 2/27/2009 4:47:27 AM
- A relevant article in the latest New Scientist - Socrates II - 2/25/2009 8:06:18 PM
- Re: Section 4.3. We're gonna need to monitor volcanos. (n/t) - et - 2/25/2009 7:34:20 PM
- Psychologically probably not. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 5:53:41 PM
  - Surprisingly Incorrect - Marsby - 2/25/2009 6:32:26 PM
    - Technology is cumulative. Wisdom has to be learned all over by each person. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 6:57:30 PM
      - Almost Agree. - Marsby - 2/25/2009 7:28:53 PM
      - Extrapolate the "gun in the hands of a child" scenario. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 7:25:20 PM
      - We are merely replicating machines - Raoul - 2/25/2009 7:07:35 PM
        
        What if we are one of the galaxy's "brains" - Socrates II - 2/25/2009 7:14:49 PM
  - You're looking at the wrong side of it. - TB - 2/25/2009 6:18:30 PM
    - The savannah wasn't peaceful either, as you say. That's the point. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 7:00:44 PM
- This is like neaderthal predicting 21st century and that is less than 100K years - Sawyer - 2/25/2009 5:40:12 PM
  - re: This book is a thought exercize - Raoul - 2/25/2009 6:41:38 PM
    - Looks Like A Good One To Me - Marsby - 2/25/2009 7:17:31 PM
      - re: Looks Like A Good One To Me - gbaikie - 2/26/2009 12:36:32 AM
- SPACESHIP EARTH - carl - 2/25/2009 5:06:38 PM
  - What if we were made by Gaia to stop deadly space impacts? - Socrates II - 2/25/2009 7:42:57 PM
    - Charlie Stross Wrong About Space Colonization and Singularity - Socrates II - 3/1/2009 5:59:30 AM

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