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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
Dwelling upon Moloch’s grasp on mankind caused the following weird thought experiment to pop up in my head. If every adult was handed a device with a big red button capable of ending humanity, how soon would someone press it? Then I realized the answer is probably, and depressingly, “right away”. The radical millenarianists, the psychopaths, the pathologically disassociated, anyone tripping balls, plus a few edgelords cosplaying as The Joker would all compete for the title. So a better question is: what percentage of people would press the button?
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
And of course, in Moloch style, the button can be seen as our collective inaction in the face of existential threats (climate change, etc). By refusing to act, we’re pressing the metaphorical button, only the device has a delayed action
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GIGAMΞSH
@gigamesh
If we’re not headed to The Great Filter, it seems inevitable to me that we have to create a panopticon of surveillance because technology makes that button cheaper and more accessible every year. Tbh this is a primary reason I’m in crypto. Seems like it offers the only path to keeping the panopticon democratic.
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eugen 🎭🍄
@madvac
it’s both unsettling and revealing about human nature. maybe the real question is, what would it take for people to hesitate or even refuse to press the button? a deeper sense of connection, purpose, or hope perhaps? curious to hear your thoughts on how we can cultivate that in today’s world
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Nerd-E 🎩
@nerdy
Is this a gun control thought experiment?
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Daniel Lombraña
@teleyinex.eth
I'm going to be on the positive side of things. Surviving is in our genes. It is what has got us here, so a button that will delete everything is something that someone will ponder quite enough before pressing the button. Yes, there will be people who will be willing to do it, but a lot will not. The main issue with this paradigm is that nowadays, people are not able to distinguish what's true and what's false. For this reason, I think a lot of people will press the button because they will not believe that it will kill everyone on Earth. This, we may need to add a condition that the person fully understands the implications of pressing the button. Under these circumstances, I guess only a low percentage will press the button because everyone will understand that there's no plan b to press the button.
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Sophia Indrajaal
@sophia-indrajaal
Don't sleep on The Clumsy and those so anxious their obsession forces them (don't think about Pink Elephants!). Intention matters, but once a Death Box is introduced unintentional consequences can follow.
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L3MBDA
@l3mbda
probably less than 1%, the rest would be too busy arguing about whether the button should even exist.
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