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1. why haven't we developed blood in the lab yet? 2. why haven't we developed organs in the lab yet? 3. why haven't we invented space travel yet? 4. why have

1. why haven't we developed blood in the lab yet? 2. why haven't we developed organs in the lab yet? 3. why haven't we invented space travel yet? 4. why haven't we solved food, shelter, cover for all human beings on planet earth yet? 5. why don't we have absolute democracy and have hold politicians accountable for their inaction, exploit and abuse? (specifically using Software and AI). Where are the dashboards of all public info of each politicians with organization chart of each country representing top leader with nodes of people working under him/her and further down.

thomasjeff1 1mo ago
5.1. where are the alerts when a politicians takes a bribe or does insider trading?
- downrightmike 1mo ago
  But they say its okay for them to do it, just not the teleprompter man or any of us
  - thomasjeff1 1mo ago
    Because we let them by not having the dashboard and alerts
- ramesh31 1mo ago
  >where are the alerts when a politicians takes a bribe or does insider trading? They're on the front page news. And no one (with the power to do anything) cares.
  - thomasjeff1 1mo ago
    how about an internet torrent p2p style journalism to prove with tangible proof (pictures, videos, documents) instead of just news?
RussianBot9580 1mo ago
I don't think (5) is called "democracy", but it sounds nice. Democracy is "everyone gets a vote", which devolves into a battle of populists. There's nothing in democracy that would guarantee the kind of accountability you are describing. Besides, as soon as you introduce this kind of checking, you'll just cement the oligarchy. The winning strategy would be for a billionaire not officially in government to work their magic through a puppet with a clean tax report.
- hhjinks 1mo ago
  Some modern definitions of democracy include openness, non-corruption, freedom and liberty. Most definitions in use today probably incldue more than just "everyone gets a vote".
- aryehof 1mo ago
  > Democracy is "everyone gets a vote" It is that we are governed by those chosen by us to represent us. In a perfect democracy the government is (the majority of) us. Hence the saying … “in a democracy the people get the government they deserve”.
  - card_zero 1mo ago
    Government is whatever fills a power vacuum, most likely gangsters and warlords. The function of democracy is to disrupt and confound government.
  - RussianBot9580 27d ago
    To see the limits of this argument: surely your YouTube/Instagram/TikTok feed is all stuff that's good for you? Mine isn't either. Why is that? Didn't we choose the contents ourselves?
thewhitetulip 1mo ago
Because AI isn't for us. It's for those ruling over us. A simple proof would be that working hours haven't reduced despite "increase in productivity" claimed by everyone. Some companies more demand 30 to 50% more work due to AI
smitty1e 1mo ago
5. Absolut democracy is available at the liquor store in various flavors, but has negarive long-term health effects. I'd be happy with a sane system of taxation supporting a coherent budget.
th0masfrancis 1mo ago
We need direct democracy. Representative democracy is a crutch and a workaround for the real thing.
- sph 1mo ago
  You can't have direct democracy in a country of 300 million. In fact, I would go so far as to say countries have no business being that large. That's the root of all our problems. Bring back city states.

thomasjeff1 1mo ago

5.1. where are the alerts when a politicians takes a bribe or does insider trading?

downrightmike 1mo ago
But they say its okay for them to do it, just not the teleprompter man or any of us
- thomasjeff1 1mo ago
  Because we let them by not having the dashboard and alerts
ramesh31 1mo ago
>where are the alerts when a politicians takes a bribe or does insider trading? They're on the front page news. And no one (with the power to do anything) cares.
- thomasjeff1 1mo ago
  how about an internet torrent p2p style journalism to prove with tangible proof (pictures, videos, documents) instead of just news?

RussianBot9580 1mo ago

I don't think (5) is called "democracy", but it sounds nice. Democracy is "everyone gets a vote", which devolves into a battle of populists. There's nothing in democracy that would guarantee the kind of accountability you are describing. Besides, as soon as you introduce this kind of checking, you'll just cement the oligarchy. The winning strategy would be for a billionaire not officially in government to work their magic through a puppet with a clean tax report.

hhjinks 1mo ago
Some modern definitions of democracy include openness, non-corruption, freedom and liberty. Most definitions in use today probably incldue more than just "everyone gets a vote".
aryehof 1mo ago
> Democracy is "everyone gets a vote" It is that we are governed by those chosen by us to represent us. In a perfect democracy the government is (the majority of) us. Hence the saying … “in a democracy the people get the government they deserve”.
- card_zero 1mo ago
  Government is whatever fills a power vacuum, most likely gangsters and warlords. The function of democracy is to disrupt and confound government.
- RussianBot9580 27d ago
  To see the limits of this argument: surely your YouTube/Instagram/TikTok feed is all stuff that's good for you? Mine isn't either. Why is that? Didn't we choose the contents ourselves?

thewhitetulip 1mo ago

Because AI isn't for us. It's for those ruling over us. A simple proof would be that working hours haven't reduced despite "increase in productivity" claimed by everyone. Some companies more demand 30 to 50% more work due to AI

smitty1e 1mo ago

5. Absolut democracy is available at the liquor store in various flavors, but has negarive long-term health effects. I'd be happy with a sane system of taxation supporting a coherent budget.

th0masfrancis 1mo ago

We need direct democracy. Representative democracy is a crutch and a workaround for the real thing.

sph 1mo ago
You can't have direct democracy in a country of 300 million. In fact, I would go so far as to say countries have no business being that large. That's the root of all our problems. Bring back city states.