On Sun, May 21, 2023, 04:27 James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: If China permitted its provinces to determine their social policies and > eliminated prisons by merely supporting assortative migration of its > citizens, and reallocation of territorial value between provinces on a per > capita basis, I'd move there if one of their provinces would have me. Of > course, I wouldn't be surprised if they refused and that would be their > right. >
Things have taken a sad turn. Around the 2010s there was an euphoric sense that China was on an ascending trajectory, but such hopes have evaporated as Xi Jingping rolled back the open / enlightened policies. He did that systematically and insidiously, until now everyone can see what he's up to. Most people with Westernized education background, especially those who are "in exile", are daily lamenting the situation and cursing the regime to fall. But the regime does have its supporters, because in most societies the people are deeply ingrained by their own history and ignorant of the outside world. They do what appears natural to themselves despite that, from the Western / global viewpoint, what they do is hopelessly backwards. If you think the situation in Iran is bad, China isn't much better. But I am optimistic because AI may be able to change this. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Te3d0dad0e74ec301-Me9c7203e9eb2ff92da52cd5a Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
