But I do think we, as a culture and as a community, have to start to address the fact that social interaction has kept humanity sane for many thousands of years – the high street, meeting people, actually being a part of a living breathing community as opposed to living inside the internet," Elton says.
He defended the necessity of the Met and of the few places in the Western world like it — "universal" museums was the disputatious term he liked — to act as havens for civil exchange, for the safe preservation of prized objects from around the globe, and in general for the sane study of humanity at a time of money madness and a dangerous balkanization of politics and culture.
"If humanity was sane and had our act together globally, the sensible course of action would be to postpone development of superintelligence until we figure out how to do so safely".
"If humanity was sane and had our act together globally, the sensible course of action would be to postpone development of superintelligence until we figure out how to do so safely". Horses were initially complemented by carriages and ploughs, which greatly increased the horse's productivity.
In this exclusive interview from the International AIDS Conference, singer-songwriter Annie Lennox talks about the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the status of women, her SING campaign, staying sane in a world gone mad, and a wake-up call for humanity.
If humanity had been sane and had our act together globally, the sensible course of action would be to postpone development of superintelligence until we figured out how to do so safely.
I watch the news about all these unthinkable things taking place, whether it's Darfur, world hunger, AIDS or global warming - what do you think it will it take for humanity to become sane?
It seems to me that a realistic acceptance of its catastrophic effects is the only sane course of action for the future of humanity.
In the end, you need a sane person and an artist to bring out the humanity in a crazy person".
