I think “personhood” refers to the ability to sign contracts though. It has nothing to do with voting.

The problem is with humanity giving up control to machines.

I mean, humanity (especially in the West) has already given up large amounts of power to corporate CEOs, which can be modelled as soulless machines well enough, but installing AI would take it even one step further.

“personhood” by the law only refers to the ability to sign contracts.

companies and states already have that.

what you’re talking about is a “natural person”.

it’s worth a try, and better than doing nothing.

wages can go lower, but what will the people eat?

the people would need subsidies by the rich, which hurts the economy!

ok so this is inconsistent

i read two fucking weeks ago that economists around the world are waking up to the idea that people should have fewer children because otherwise the rich and corporations might have to pay taxes to provide income to the people that the wages don’t. if there’s fewer people, they don’t need to pay people subsidies so much. trump should talk to his economists.

edit: context: wages are predicted to drop so low over the next 20 years that people will not be able to feed themselves on wages alone. social unrest is painful and to avoid it, some sort of Universal Basic Income will be unavoidable. That would have to be paid for by taxes that the rich would have to pay, since literally nobody else has any money. You see where this is going: the rich don’t like their wealth to be taxed.

i’d say that’s a coin flip on whether it works or not :)

(that’s because unfortunately not all parents give a flying fuck about the mental health that that child would be going to have, or rather, not have)

i’d go with something like “sure i’ll make children if you pay for them”

the moment they realize how expensive having children can be, that typically shuts them up rather quickly.

oh i’m not sure if it means anything to you if i say it, but:

i think you’re doing good for the environment. I’m not saying there’s too many people already (because there aren’t), but still, if there are fewer children being born, that will take off a significant pressure from the environment and that will affect everything positively. :)

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So you think the downward spiral is caused by the people in the population and not the political situation?

lololol satire writes itself these days

US Vice President JD Vance has called on European states to show greater independence, urging them not to be US “vassals.” He also said EU governments could have done more to oppose Washington over the Iraq War.

fully agree, couldn’t agree more. many died, for what?

I want to inform you that there are Zionists who oppose the current military operation in Palestine, but yeah most people carrying out these operations are scum.

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I try to be positive, but my way of life are very different from other people’s; and i end up doing more harm than good, if i’m forcing myself to be friendly and nice.

Ah nice, I encountered a Poisson-distribution in the wild today. I shall recount this encounter to my children.

yeah i agree with especially the last paragraph. i don’t think abandoning all IP laws today is realistic, as the commercial art/innovation economy still has too much game to gain so it’s gonna take at least 10 more years.

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i guess people have distorted ideas about flirting. here’s how i see it:

• be aware of your goals

• be honest to yourself (what do you really want)

• communicate clearly. be aware of what you want and make no mystery out of it in front of the other person. if you hold back, you’re blocking yourself, and that can’t be good.

• don’t be an asshole. that’s difficult in today’s society where everything seems to be about exploitation and profit optimization, but there used to be a world long ago that was non-exploitative, consensus-oriented. try to feel that vibe

• that should be it. if you’re not an asshole, nothing bad should happen to you. however, that is practically not the case today. whatever wrong twist “feminism” took in recent years to convince society that “all men are assholes” is splitting society apart. it’s provocing a civil war. society must find its senses and reject the forceful-splitting-between-women-and-men of society. in a time where even a glance is “sexual harassment” and women project their mental health issues on men and call it all their fault, is a world that is no longer honest and does therefore IMHO no longer deserve to exist.

I really don’t like to be the “well acktschually” guy but the major constraint for a mars settlement is the availability of water. mars is inhabitable (with the help of technology ofc) wherever there is water, probably it in the form of ice underground. Various research missions are currently mapping that out. Here’s a map from around 2000: