open your eyes people!

You're preaching to the choir man, I say the same thing all the time. I'm not a big fan of my countrymen. There are many out there who aren't complete idiots, but who busy themselves in absolutely frivolous pursuits and just add to the problem anyway. It makes me sad, and I've long considered moving to another country one day. Canada most likely (cool weather and dark skies, and they speak English

I one day hope to move to a country not like America at all. Country name? Sweden.

Sweden would probably be my first choice as well. The two biggest impediments would be the distance, and learning a new language and adapting to a new culture. Canada is just easier to move to, but in the long term if the USA starts to go under it would be best to leave the continent altogether.

The grass is always greener on the other side. The Swedes themselves go to Norway for work. Norwegians go to Sweden for, um, food shopping. The Swedes have the Nobel prizes though, except the piece prize thing, handled by Norwegians who dropped out of school to become politicians and administered accordingly, which is becoming quite a yearly embarrassment.

As a person who has visited both Norway and Sweden, i can say that both Finland and Norway are superior to Sweden on many areas.

The grass is always greener on the other side. The Swedes themselves go to Norway for work. Norwegians go to Sweden for, um, food shopping.

Once everyone has a high standard of living, they'll get bored... and decide to learn about something constructive. Also, this is the kind of society I would imagine would be portrayed in Space Engine.

I can only hope our society can grow into this, but I highly doubt it. It's probably best that our politicians keep making fools of themselves so people realize how uneducated they really are.

Even if in the end it destroys humans, we inevitably would survive through our machines as it would simply be the next stage of intelligence on Earth. I don't see the problem with the terminator scenario.

This is why I think the best option is to develop an artificial intelligence system and allow it to take over. An AI would most likely not be concerned with petty ideologies like religion and nationalism and if given the right goals to achieve, like striving for a "perfect society" which isn't possible, it would forever be driven to advance society as a whole.

You can't be serious. You're telling me you don't see any problem with machines murdering the entire human species? The effective murder of billions of innocent souls just because a tiny fraction of them are corrupt/the real cause of the problem?

Creating an AI isn't just something you expect to happen.

If we created an AI with the means to control all of society, do you really think we would give it access to nuclear weapons?

You're also assuming that this could happen somehow without a unified global society (perhaps like the venus project).

I don't see the problem with the terminator scenario.

If I had to jump ship from the US without having to learn a new language, where would I go? Doesn't Canada have the same old corruption like the US? Or Sweeden? Or Norway? Or Finland?

As a person who has visited both Norway and Sweden, i can say that both Finland and Norway are superior to Sweden on many areas.

Actually you are implying I said something I didn't say.

My my, aren't we the cynical one?

Doesn't Canada have the same old corruption like the US? Or Sweeden? Or Norway? Or Finland?

You implied that they were all equally corrupt, that is the part I was commenting on. Naturally some degree of corruption will exist in every country's political system.

So I can vote for my favorite politician.