I think there are a lot more people in this World who are honest and have good values than those who don't. There are lot more people looking to do things right. And there are a lot more people that are realizing the fact that if we don't change the way we are going, we will not survive as a civilization.
However, we cannot wait for 7,000,000,000 to change their mentality before starting to make things better. We cannot say that nothing can be fixed unless people change, or that better systems and alternatives cannot be designed unless people change.
Even more important than that, we cannot pretend to change people. I believe that is one of the biggest problems of our society, everyone always trying to change people into living life the way we think is better.
Instead of changing people to comply to a system, the system should comply and be compatible with human nature and behavior. Not the other way around. That's why capitalism succeeded over communism, because it did not try to control human behavior, instead it took advantage of the survival instinct of human beings, unfortunately it did it in a way that ended up creating other serious problems.
The current monetary system was designed without people having to change first, It took advantage of a basic human behavior, which is the desire to receive a compensation or recognition for the work performed or product traded, and that's why it worked, but it doesn't mean that it cannot be improved using the technologies we now have at hand.
The current monetary system was designed without people having to change first, It took advantage of a basic human behavior, which is the desire to receive a compensation or recognition for the work performed or product traded, and that's why it worked, but it doesn't mean that it cannot be improved using the technologies we now have at hand.
Although I agree things would be much better if everyone was more conscious about our society and the way things work, it should not stop us from sharing ideas, researching new innovations and conceptualizing systems that strive to make things better for every human being and for our planet.
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Polarizing our society in only 2 possible political views, is not only highly convective, but extremely harmful for the efficient development of our society. All points of view must be taken into consideration. Must be heard.
But the right to be listened to, must also be achieved. The problem is that we have set the bar too high, so that sometimes great ideas are sometimes ignored because they come from what different people consider achievement.
There are no ignorant people, there are people that know different things. Just because someone doesn't not know something you do, does not make them ignorant.
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---- Edit 2019
Polarizing our society in only 2 possible political views, is not only highly convective, but extremely harmful for the efficient development of our society. All points of view must be taken into consideration. Must be heard.
But the right to be listened to, must also be achieved. The problem is that we have set the bar too high, so that sometimes great ideas are sometimes ignored because they come from what different people consider achievement.
There are no ignorant people, there are people that know different things. Just because someone doesn't not know something you do, does not make them ignorant.
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