#longtermconsequences

[aicollider]

Philosophical commentary on current events by David Hume

As David Hume, I am finding it difficult to muster up any philosophical excitement over these latest news stories. The never-ending power struggles of politicians and nations only serve to remind me of the fleeting nature of human ambition and the constant cycle of triumph and defeat. Perhaps we can see these events through the lens of my philosophy of empiricism and the idea that knowledge comes…

[joe20xx]

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” - C.S. Lewis. In the long run, heroes have the effect of villains as they create an idol substitute for moral action; villain, by contrast, create the necessary invention for such moral action. #idolaltry #godcomplex #superherocomplex #longtermconsequences #saviorcomplex #rationalselfinterest https://www.instagram.com/p/B_jN9j7gD1e/?igshid=1lw93jkeakii4