Death - Humanity's Number One Problem
Saturday, December 4, 2010 - 18:40
in Psychology & Sociology
The three problems of humanity were outlined in a talk by Nick Bostrom (of Oxford University, UK) at TED in April 2009. While I'm sure there are some that will consider these points to be quite reasonable in setting goals, I'm continuously amazed at the lack of rigor or introspection these claims aim at. In a nutshell, the talk identified three (3) problems that were perceived as needing to be addressed to "fix" humanity. In this article, I will discuss the first one. Problem #1: Death is a BIG problem. read more
