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* The primary problem is human nature, it seems that too many people in any one society are unwilling to compromise their own desires for the common good of society. | * The primary problem is human nature, it seems that too many people in any one society are unwilling to compromise their own desires for the common good of society. | ||
* In his book "Antisocial: Online Extermists, Techno-utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation<ref>Anrew Marantz, ''AntiSocial'' Viking (2019)</ref> Anrew Marantz informs us that a significant number of the tecnical visionaries that founded sucessful companies based on the Web worked earnestly at world domination to enable the utopias of their dreams where everyone was brought closere together by disintermediation of any intervening organiation that would censor anyones thoughts. This would make the world a better place. There very success was the production of tools that had the impact of reducing friction, as they desired, but the thoughts communicated have evolved into the worst expressions of human sadism and pedophilia. | * In his book "Antisocial: Online Extermists, Techno-utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation<ref>Anrew Marantz, ''AntiSocial'' Viking (2019)</ref> Anrew Marantz informs us that a significant number of the tecnical visionaries that founded sucessful companies based on the Web worked earnestly at world domination to enable the utopias of their dreams where everyone was brought closere together by disintermediation of any intervening organiation that would censor anyones thoughts. This would make the world a better place. There very success was the production of tools that had the impact of reducing friction, as they desired, but the thoughts communicated have evolved into the worst expressions of human sadism and pedophilia. | ||
| − | * The Headline of the New York Times screams out that "Child Sex Abusers Elude Filmsy Digital Safeguards" <ref> Michael H. Keller and Gabriel Dance, Child Sex Abusers Elude Flimsy Digital Safeguards, New York Times (2019-11-10) p. A1 ff</ref> | + | * The Front Page Headline of the New York Times screams out that "Child Sex Abusers Elude Filmsy Digital Safeguards" <ref> Michael H. Keller and Gabriel Dance, Child Sex Abusers Elude Flimsy Digital Safeguards, New York Times (2019-11-10) p. A1 ff</ref> We are told of horrific child sex abuse videos that continue to circulate in spite of the real harm that are caused to the victems. It seems that pictures are forever, at least those that appeal to our pureient interests. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Category:Philosophy]] | [[Category:Philosophy]] | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 10 November 2019
Full Title or Meme
Utopia[1] or Erewhon[2], are fictional places where humans have created a peaceful community where cooperation has become a way of life.
Context
- As always for this wiki the context revolves around the support of human individuals on the World Wide Web.
- Lyman Tower Sargent, a professor of political science whose main academic interests are in utopian studies, argues that utopia's nature is inherently contradictory, because societies are not homogenous and have desires which conflict and therefore cannot simultaneously be satisfied. If any two desires cannot be simultaneously satisfied, true utopia cannot be attained because in utopia all desires are satisfied.y
- So too for identity utopias, they cannot be attained because not all needs can be met by any one system.
- But there have always been visionaries that have promised that humans are capabile of living both in harmony and with minimal contraints on their own personal freedom.
- The internet started as a network with the minimun number of contraints so as to avoid distruction of anyone one part of the network. It has
Problems
- The primary problem is human nature, it seems that too many people in any one society are unwilling to compromise their own desires for the common good of society.
- In his book "Antisocial: Online Extermists, Techno-utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation[3] Anrew Marantz informs us that a significant number of the tecnical visionaries that founded sucessful companies based on the Web worked earnestly at world domination to enable the utopias of their dreams where everyone was brought closere together by disintermediation of any intervening organiation that would censor anyones thoughts. This would make the world a better place. There very success was the production of tools that had the impact of reducing friction, as they desired, but the thoughts communicated have evolved into the worst expressions of human sadism and pedophilia.
- The Front Page Headline of the New York Times screams out that "Child Sex Abusers Elude Filmsy Digital Safeguards" [4] We are told of horrific child sex abuse videos that continue to circulate in spite of the real harm that are caused to the victems. It seems that pictures are forever, at least those that appeal to our pureient interests.
