Activity for Jnani Jenny Hale‭

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Question	—	Technology to create energy for a village of 200 people long term Looking for options with at least some grounding in science: Several hundred years in our future, a group of wealthy philanthropists lavishly funded a colonisation project designed to create a Utopia. Their theory was that human violence is a cultural phenomenon, which occurs because of traumatic ch... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Could the Industrial Revolution be delayed indefinitely? Or is it inevitable once a certain point in development is reached? I am considering whether a pre-Industrial civilisation could carry on for millennia on an Earth-like planet without entering the Industrial Age. Of course, regularly destroying everything with plagues, earthquakes, etc and sending people back to the Bronze Age might do the trick, but I am looking fo... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	How can we ensure that superhuman AIs are benevolent? Given that AIs will be produced with military and commercial "prime directives", all over the world, by organisations that will ignore or subvert something like a UN resolution ... what is a practical, technical, FEASIBLE way to spread positive ethics to all AIs? Something like an ethics "virus", fo... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	How bad will the tides be here? On an Earthlike planet with one large moon (just like Earth's), I have a large landlocked sea with one narrow exit (like the Black Sea, but much larger, something like six or eight Mediterraneans, with an exit about 10-20km wide). How extreme will the behaviour of the water be with the changing tid... (more)	—	over 7 years ago