Comments on: Jamais Cascio says Getting Smarter is the only way out of this mess http://grinding.be/2009/06/29/jamais-cascio-says-getting-smarter-is-the-only-way-out-of-this-mess/ Sun, 20 May 2012 18:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Illogic http://grinding.be/2009/06/29/jamais-cascio-says-getting-smarter-is-the-only-way-out-of-this-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-29809 Illogic Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:26:13 +0000 http://grinding.be/?p=1841#comment-29809 If we're gonna get into the "how to make man better" discussion I'll need some drugs... Anyway, personally I'd say social attitudes plays a large part in how we turn out. Parents that like learning new things,are positive towards education and their children actively exploring the world = intelligent, well educated children. Or, at least if the educational system is worth a damned, and their peers have a similar attitude. And of course teachers. Generally there isn't one single thing that can be changed to make someone a more educated and intelligent individual. But giving people tools that can be used however they want will lead to different things depending on who gets them. Some might become librarians that keeps up with the flow of information, and some might become bored assholes picking e-fights. If we’re gonna get into the “how to make man better” discussion I’ll need some drugs…

Anyway, personally I’d say social attitudes plays a large part in how we turn out. Parents that like learning new things,are positive towards education and their children actively exploring the world = intelligent, well educated children. Or, at least if the educational system is worth a damned, and their peers have a similar attitude. And of course teachers.
Generally there isn’t one single thing that can be changed to make someone a more educated and intelligent individual. But giving people tools that can be used however they want will lead to different things depending on who gets them.
Some might become librarians that keeps up with the flow of information, and some might become bored assholes picking e-fights.

]]> By: Bob http://grinding.be/2009/06/29/jamais-cascio-says-getting-smarter-is-the-only-way-out-of-this-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-29777 Bob Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:39:38 +0000 http://grinding.be/?p=1841#comment-29777 Smarter? Not really. There is nothing stopping someone from using all this great technology to be better at being an asshole. It is going to take the development of far more fundamental things than intelligence before we really get going as a species. All this technology will be around and people will use it, that is a given. But even an asshole can use the internet to spread their message. Just look around The kind of people we are determines how we act. How smart we are only determines how we work to our own ends. Intelligence is not compassion. Smarter? Not really. There is nothing stopping someone from using all this great technology to be better at being an asshole. It is going to take the development of far more fundamental things than intelligence before we really get going as a species. All this technology will be around and people will use it, that is a given. But even an asshole can use the internet to spread their message. Just look around The kind of people we are determines how we act. How smart we are only determines how we work to our own ends. Intelligence is not compassion.

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