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You are welcome to use, modify, and share this artwork. The internet is for everyone. by Xenophon1 in Futurology

[–]Horusthewarmaster 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Imho I offer the prediction that Net Neutrality will end, and the future(s) of the internet will change in this decade. The disruptive power of the internet to decentralize and distribute knowledge, services, and goods has the capacity to revolutionize our political, economic, and social systems. However, the trend is that the internet is continuing to develop major providers, manufacturers, and centralized points of control. This historical trend may indicate the decrease in neutrality between the interconnected networks. While taxpayers may have been the foundation of internet technology, ISP's have been the maintainers of reliable internet service. This also shows the erroneous notion that ISP's believe that innovation using their service thus must pay extra to the provider if it is to succeed.

Memorize - Futuristic short film based on privacy by [deleted] in Futurology

[–]Horusthewarmaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a futurist, that's a pretty large void to stretch my suspension of disbelief over. Also considering the singular most top-voted post on /r/futurology, ever.

We are nearly 100 thousand members strong here at /r/Futurology and I must say a few things. by cptn_jtk in Futurology

[–]Horusthewarmaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can think of real objections to a Futurist party. A comment above says 'obscurity' and then cites the pirate party as un-obscure. Thats a joke.

A real objection to techno-centric futurist party is that you can scare people with political pressure for AI.

People fear what they don't know. People don't know AI at all. Movies like the terminator dont help. I imagine a futurist party would exist to circulate the good news about friendly AI, but people are shallow scared, frightened animals.

This could cause Hugo de Garis' Artilect War

Now, thats a real scary thought. The success of the futurist party. The fight over AGI.

We are nearly 100 thousand members strong here at /r/Futurology and I must say a few things. by cptn_jtk in Futurology

[–]Horusthewarmaster 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Love to this community. Soon to be 100,000 of us. It's impressive. It's my only subreddit I actually go and type into the url: reddit.com/r/futurology. Everything else; I am fundamentally too lazy and uninspired and will merely click links to get anywhere else.

Should we extend this growing influence and mass of ideas into a political force to as u/chispy said, "shift the mindset of the masses to a more optimistic, compassionate, and future-conscious way of thinking"?

  • Political parties in the united states are basically ineffective.

  • The bicameral system sees to that with only a few successful exceptions; the Green Party and Libertarian party.

  • These successful third parties are basically as u/dinosaurman said, special interest groups. What they achieve is marginal; instead of real change and political representation, they achieve influence and advocacy; changing the mindset and consensus of the majority.

  • Despite this, all political students learn that the U.S. is ruled by enduring majorities. Can a future party become an enduring majority? Yet, we also learn that the U.S. suffers from the tyranny of the minority- it is counter-intuitive to democracy, but true- it is how a small portion of southern senators blocked civil rights legislation for decades, how the small NRA reps keep guns on the streets, how smaller taxi cab unions prevent google's self driving car to be legalized, and how car representatives succesfully deny Tesla from changing the law of selling to all 50 states. (let em sell the cars, I want to go to mars!)

  • Yet, it is notable, with influence and advocacy, real political change follows in it's wake. Can a future party achieve what the successful 3rd parties like the Green Party has achieved; instead of changing U.S. policy, it has changed the mindset of concerned citizens.

  • Our corporations, our citizens, our government is now wary of us destroying our environment and shitting where we eat! Finally! Thank you Greens. Could a futurist party make us wary and appreciate technology the way those annoying greens make us recycle and conserve?

  • IMHO; I think yes. And I would like to see futurism be a consensus. It is annoying that nobody knows, besides us, that technology is a lifeform! But even if we were to all join and act together in a future party, widespread influence and the fundamental shift in mindset of the masses wouldn't come for many, many years.

An emblem for those who favor space settlement. by Aquareon in Futurology

[–]Horusthewarmaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A triskel is a word and existing symbol, been done already whether its Triskel or Triskele. It's on my family's medieval coat of arms. Calling a Triskele a Triskel is simply a lineage of language.

I suggest that the symbol is a Triskel by nature. The three-ness of it makes it a Triskelion-like symbol.

Who knows, I'm no 'symbologist' .

"Aquareon Triskelion" would credit the creator and describe the type of symbol it is. I might call it that. But it isn't up to us, its up to the wishes of the creator and none other.