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f8d 92/305: Society First
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f8d: Life strives. Seeing goals and heading straight for them is more or less part of being alive.

f8d: Taking the long way around, taking the long term view, is unnatural.

*diagram shows a start position, a goal, and two routes; the direct one won't work, the long way is better*

f8d: A person can do it. We're blessed with intelligence, with the ability to plan. But in large enough groups this advantage disappears.

f8d: A mob doesn't plan. Whole countries can act quite irrationally.

f8d: I do wonder if we will ever have intelligent socities.

*diagram shows society choosing between the direct route or the long route*

f8d: If so, will they care about us any more?

*diagram shows society choosing the long route, the optimal route; as part of this long-term plan they will replace all humans with robots*

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