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[Bauglir]

In other words, the very best man to rule the world is a quiet, unassuming academic who's on the ethics committee of the biology department of some university.

!!!

I know the man we need. QUICKLY. TO IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY. THERE, WE SHALL FIND OUR MESSIAH.

[Frumple]

We'd actually need a few thousand of those people... which might be doable, I'unno.

Biggest problem with the whole philosopher king approach is that it only works really well (Even in theory, though there's occasional examples) with city states or really small countries, that sort of thing. Stuff a single, highly motivated individual can actually manage. Larger population needs a larger leader-corps type thing to run at approaching-peak efficiency, and every candidate beyond the one makes the problem of selecting and avoiding corruption that much harder.

Theoretically there's a stable ratio of potential PK (and isn't that a hilarious acronym for philosopher king?) to non-PK population that'd enable us (in the collective species sense) to establish and maintain a stable PK led and managed society, but... no one's pulled it off, yet. Oh well.

I'm personally hoping for eventual hyper-AI led society, m'self... but first we actually have to figure out what the hell to program into the bloody thing. But hey, we've been working on the whole ethics thing for a few thousand years, now. Bound to get it down eventually.

[Flying Dice]

See, if you could make stable AI fitting the PK ideal, you'd have a possible solution, barring trouble with neoluddites and/or Skyn-


I make no objection to turning society over to the benevolent machine-spirits.

[Korbac]

See, if you could make stable AI fitting the PK ideal, you'd have a possible solution, barring trouble with neoluddites and/or Skyn-


I make no objection to turning society over to the benevolent machine-spirits.

Me neither, as long as it doesn't stiffle culture... and it stays benevolent. 

[Valid_Dark]

North Korea is Best Korea >_<

[Gamerlord]

North Korea is Best Korea >_<

Explain...

[Realmfighter]

Explain...

They launch a rocket that was either a nuclear warhead test or a weather satellite basically killing their food aid.

It goes boom.

North Korea is Best Korea

[xdarkcodex]

Japan said they'll shot it down if it ever goes close to them.

[Bauglir]

Japan said they'll shot it down if it ever goes close to them.

That's like promising you'll make your good buddy Queen of England if you ever conquer the world. Sure, if it ever makes it that far, might as well, but it's not exactly something you'll ever have to make good on.

[Tellemurius]

I got a callous growing on my wrist, am i really rubbing it that hard from typing?

[xdarkcodex]

Japan said they'll shot it down if it ever goes close to them.

That's like promising you'll make your good buddy Queen of England if you ever conquer the world. Sure, if it ever makes it that far, might as well, but it's not exactly something you'll ever have to make good on.

I think it was just a reminder for north Korea to stay away from japan.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Especially since, unlike Best Korea, Japan could build themselves a nuclear missile that actually works with great speed if they had to.

[Sirus]

Am I the only one that thinks deliberately antagonizing North Korea sounds like a really stupid idea? 'Cause that's what shooting down a rocket would do.

[Bauglir]

It depends on the geography and your empathy for people with less favorable geography. I don't believe North Korea has an outstanding Navy or Air Force, although I'm well aware that their Army is disproportionately large and well-equipped for their economy and population (I think it has something to do with not spending money on food or something; somebody read one too many GalCiv war journals, methinks), so Japan would be largely safe, unless NK were to covertly build several functioning missiles before the test launch. Which seems implausible.

[lemon10]

Also, it seems to me that not shooting down missiles flying over your airspace from a not so friendly nation that may or may not contain nuclear weapons isn't a very smart idea either.