=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── what if we solved all the problems and left none for our children and their children's children? the world would be a better place. I think we'd make new problems. I am unconcerned. If the peace started to get to them, I trust that they'd start fights. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3373 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ I bet we could solve capitalism if everyone on earth went blind for a day ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2778 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ everyone votes for a better world. every time. that is the promise of voting - that you might choose how the world gets better. when people don't think a better world is possible, they don't vote. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 messages/194 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── If I destroyed the world, don't worry. I'd bring it back in such a way that the teleporter problem doesn't apply, and there would be no discontinuity for anything except for the time variable, which is sort of arbitrary anyway. And if that's a problem I guess I could find a way to do it without messing with the time variable, but that'd be a bit more bothersome. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3404 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ya'll we have bigger problems than [whatever you're working on right now] like the problem of deciding which problem to work on. we should make deciding which problems are problems and how problematic they are a priority for our problem solving discussions ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/1313 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-economics │ └────────────────────────┘ if we had a universal basic income then we could pay each other to solve our problems and they just can't have that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/6392 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weirdly-medieval-politics-mentioned-in-a-modern-context │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ "what if we invested in cities instead of companies" ah yes, anarcho-fuedalism "what if we elevated people we respect" ah yes, anarcho-monarchism ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1777 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── what if we taxed land not by charging money to keep it but rather by taking some of it and giving it to the bureau of land management ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/5597 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: MH---, sui ideation │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-1370 If you don't have the energy, then people need to take care of you. Maybe they do anyway. If you're anything like me, and in this regard I think we might be similar, having people take care of you is important. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #9 messages/97 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── Would you prefer the world went on turning, with or without you? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/2961 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: transhumanism │ └──────────────────────┘ okay what if we bio-engineered a shield that would grow around your nuts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 messages/1229 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── What if we just banished people who broke the rules? Then nobody would rarely get hurt. [do they take care of them elsewhere?] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #12 messages/565 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── What if we told teachers to teach lessons like "the urgency of time" or "the frailty of life" or "divide and conquer" or whatever ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5176 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-post │ └──────────────────────┘ what if corporations gave better quality products to people who clicked through their advertisement ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4290 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-violence-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ if the election goes poorly, keep in mind that eventually everyone will either fight, or support those who are fighting. everyone. if the election upholds the status quo, there is a chance that their wounds might heal and they may rejoin us in our reasonable society. keep working for reason. it will pay off in the long run. remember that a better world is possible, but you can't leave anyone alive behind when reaching for it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/1204 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ the future is what we make for ourselves. │ ║ │ ║ there are endless problems to solve, yet hardly anyone around to fix them. │ ║ │ ║ If only we had a small group of people who could organize and say "hey. I need │ ║ someone to solve this particular problem" to a large group of people with │ ║ nothing to do and no bills to pay, I feel like we could get a lot done. │ ║ │ ║ alas, the problems that need solving are too specific and complex. Almost by │ ║ design, they've stripped us our capabilities to address the difficulties they │ ║ hoisted upon us. Alas! That we should be so morassed. But time and again our │ ║ ingenuity compels us. │ ║ │ ║ I dream of a world where people like you and I have a purpose, something we │ ║ can apply ourselves to and eventually overcome. I subscribe to "grand │ ║ narratives", but frankly they're only of my own design. Does that make them │ ║ any less grand? I think not. │ ║ │ ║ If I knew enough people perhaps I could be like that. I could direct and │ ║ organize and administer and manage and apply our guys. But alas I am just a │ ║ noob sigh. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #16 messages/1344 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ what if we put the nuclear weapons in the world under control of a "third party" that just launches them at anyone who wages war on anyone else? ah, but suddenly other conflicts like infiltration and genocide mean we can't wage war to contest them. great, there goes my "liberate all the slaves" idea, maybe I should think of a different "nuke solution" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #17 fediverse/434 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-324 @user-325 @user-326 thus enters the promise of technology: that we might solve the problems of bureaucracy once and for all by ever more effiency-aligning mechanical processes that produce effects which we desire - such as efficient allocation of medical resources such that all of humanity is protected from the ravages of pain and the incongruencies of our nature. Alas, that we should only conceive of success through the lens of profit. Perhaps another design is in order? (oh yeah also people who are in control are worried that we, like all other examples of natural entities, might immediately proceed to breed beyond the capability to cater to the needs of said entity (such as "to feed" and medical resources) and therefore might overburden (and therefore destroy) said system which allows for their sustenance and initial creation. To this I say... Yeah probs, what should we do about it?) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/2906 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: death-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I want to live in a world where people die when they're bored instead of old. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/2045 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── what if we taxed every ounce of resource that companies wasted (maybe with a multiplier for the current relative value of the substance - diamonds are more valuable than apples per pound) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/1346 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ what if we said that each square meter on the planet gets the same proportion of nuclear weapon usage? if your country is big enough to qualify, they can launch 1 or more nuclear weapon at whoever they please, and the launch systems have to be designed such that anyone anywhere can order them to launch. ... okay that also feels like a big problem. hmmmm. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ |