Comments on: Technology to inject competition into religion? http://techliberation.com/2007/12/14/technology-to-inject-competition-into-religion/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 07:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eric http://techliberation.com/2007/12/14/technology-to-inject-competition-into-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-40161 eric Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:19:59 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/12/14/technology-to-inject-competition-into-religion/#comment-40161 <p>A nuclear war could bring the human average down considerably, regardless of genetic or technical advances. It is unlikely we will evolve bomb-proof capabilities.</p> <p>Taking the optimistic tack though, increased lifespan will give good people more time to do good, and evil, greedy, sociopathic persons more time to cause pain for others. Which religion can compete most effectively to deal with the latter?</p> <p>It is an interesting question, but in the final analysis, whether we live 20 years, 50 years, or 100 years, moral choices are presented every day to everyone. If we are working from the wrong moral template, the world may be one in which most people are not thankful for the extra years they are able to live (endure).</p> A nuclear war could bring the human average down considerably, regardless of genetic or technical advances. It is unlikely we will evolve bomb-proof capabilities.

Taking the optimistic tack though, increased lifespan will give good people more time to do good, and evil, greedy, sociopathic persons more time to cause pain for others. Which religion can compete most effectively to deal with the latter?

It is an interesting question, but in the final analysis, whether we live 20 years, 50 years, or 100 years, moral choices are presented every day to everyone. If we are working from the wrong moral template, the world may be one in which most people are not thankful for the extra years they are able to live (endure).

]]> By: eric http://techliberation.com/2007/12/14/technology-to-inject-competition-into-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-46764 eric Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:19:59 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/12/14/technology-to-inject-competition-into-religion/#comment-46764 <p>A nuclear war could bring the human average down considerably, regardless of genetic or technical advances. It is unlikely we will evolve bomb-proof capabilities.<br><br>Taking the optimistic tack though, increased lifespan will give good people more time to do good, and evil, greedy, sociopathic persons more time to cause pain for others. Which religion can compete most effectively to deal with the latter?<br><br>It is an interesting question, but in the final analysis, whether we live 20 years, 50 years, or 100 years, moral choices are presented every day to everyone. If we are working from the wrong moral template, the world may be one in which most people are not thankful for the extra years they are able to live (endure).</p> A nuclear war could bring the human average down considerably, regardless of genetic or technical advances. It is unlikely we will evolve bomb-proof capabilities.

Taking the optimistic tack though, increased lifespan will give good people more time to do good, and evil, greedy, sociopathic persons more time to cause pain for others. Which religion can compete most effectively to deal with the latter?

It is an interesting question, but in the final analysis, whether we live 20 years, 50 years, or 100 years, moral choices are presented every day to everyone. If we are working from the wrong moral template, the world may be one in which most people are not thankful for the extra years they are able to live (endure).

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