New systems for a better world Georgi Kirkov Will yet another opportunity (not that any other time does not represent such an ‘opportunity’) to reflect on a deeper level upon our actions as humans be missed? Do we even care (what is the incentive, right?)? Even if we care to an extent, can we actually manage to focus and think hard about this, or are we simply too distracted? How did we get ‘here’? I believe I am far from the best human I can be. Maybe some of you feel a similar way? Aren’t the people that our societies ‘create’ their most important ‘creation’, on which everything else we ‘create’ is dependent? If so, are we exerting ‘a good enough effort’ to improve ourselves? I am unsure whether the vast majority of, if not all, human societies are moving in the ‘right direction’. I don’t want to accept that humankind is incapable of treating one another distinctly better and cannot be a fundamentally better cohabitant of the Earth.
If we accept that things are not working optimally and sustainably, why don’t we experiment (initially, maybe in small pockets around the world) with different systems? How can we possibly be certain that alternative systems won’t turn out ‘better’ than the ones human societies have come up with so far? I strongly believe that there will be a sufficient number of volunteers who would gladly participate in the ‘testing’ of such systems. Of course, such experiments may not produce ‘desirable outcomes’. However, don’t the potential benefits outweigh the costs? One might say, ‘the way humans are cannot change simply by designing new systems to live in.’ Two responses to this could be: firstly, how can we be absolutely sure about this? Secondly, since we don’t understand how consciousness (I like to think of it as the prism through which we understand/ perceive our ‘surroundings’ (if we assume we are ‘something’ separate)) works, how can we possibly prove the aforementioned statement?
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