Would A Homogenized World Be A Good Thing?
Vegetarians would like to see a world where no one eats meat. At least some feminists would like to see a world where men and women are essentially the same except for outward appearance. Conservatives think liberalism is wrong and vice versa.
Many people would like to stamp out capital punishment worldwide. Some people feel that everyone should be nice and politically correct at all times and never be angry or rude. Some people say that no one every should tell a lie; others think lying can be good sometimes. Some people think everyone should be (fill in the religion); on the other side are atheists like us.
Now, imagine a homogenized world. Everyone under the same laws. Believing the same things. Everyone having exactly the same rights and responsibilities. The same limitations and the same opportunities. And everyone's happy with it, including you.
Standing back from this world, would this be a good world or would there be something fundamentally flawed or wrong or dysfunctional with it?
Tags: utopia
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on -
Show some class - that's hosiery marionette --
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on
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Hey, you got three hours, grit your teeth and tough it out --
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Permalink Reply by Tony Martin on -
Sounds like Gene Roddenberry's universe of Star Trek, where money has been replaced by self realization as the motive to excel.
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on
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Actually Tony, Maslow says that self actualization is our highest goal - I assume that that and "self realization" are not that far apart.
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on
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Or possibly simply "Unseen" --
Couldn't wait just one more hour, could you? The word, "addiction" leaps to mind.
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Permalink Reply by matt.clerke on -
Addiction indeed... and here you are replying to him... :P
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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on
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Don't they call that codependency?
But you've illustrated my point - the absence of Unseen from this board would seem to be utopia, whereas it's the actual effort I put into running him off, that brings me the most pleasure, pleasure that would be missing if he were to actually leave, much like Wile E. Coyote, chasing the RoadRunner - if he ever caught him, what would he then do with his time?
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Permalink Reply by matt.clerke on
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Learn how to cook Road Runner...
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Permalink Reply by Strega on -
We wouldn't continue to evolve. Evolution is triggered by necessity, and if all our needs were met, there would only be stagnation. To change is to survive.
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