Then you won't have a society pretty soon.

That scenario is realistically impossible with the current size of the world population and the fact the majority will always try to procreate.

The chase to capture consciousness can't really end in anything better than a false reproduction. Similar to a Hollywood film being a false representation of a fantastical real life event.

The next scientist inspired by this chase, will flesh out the Epicurean claim "the soul dies with the body". He will find out exactly when and where consciousness dies with the body. And the next Dante will condemn him to Hell for it.

The way some men's eyes light up when they dream of understanding and capturing the soul, rings alarm bells. Wanting something you can't have is dangerous.

I understand why people fall for it. It's called private browsing. Privacy used to mean seclusion from the knowledge and observation of others.

Now it means only you and a slew of corporations and government agencies from all over the planet, can know what you're doing and the data is stored in a massive database for eternity.

Seclusion from the knowledge and observation of others is still a worthwhile endeavor and I sorely miss it. It is very difficult to nurture your own mind when your body is constantly "on the record".

If you want to do something privately, the first thing you do should not be to make calls to hundreds of strangers you've never met. That is, don't use a web browser.

It was much more fun playing outside in nature when you could grow your knowledge of life and consciousness by playing with friends.

Now that has taken a back seat. Growing your consciousness by observing videos, learning and playing games is the norm for kids.

Simply knowing that you could be expanding your mind tenfold on a phone, while you're outside throwing sticks and climbing trees, kind of ruins the fun of exploring outdoors.

It stripped out all the context I wanted to see.

The article is hyper focused, and manages to say very little about what's going on.

They're not communities, they're just activities that are attended by a friendship group.

Church is way more meaningful than that. Baptisms, deaths, marriages are run by churches and the meaning can survive the majority of attendants not showing up.

The problem in modern society, is teaching the meaning behind churches. It takes longer than a couple cycling classes and is more demanding on the spirit.

Not sure why Australia passed. With the bushfire smoke and unrefined sulfurous petrol (150ppm sulfur on the cheapest petrol) and grass pollens.

Outside the cities it is wonderful.

The cities are clean and free of pollution too.

Maybe other cities. Perth is not. I breathe much better when I get 75kms out of the city and become a normal human being again.

The smell of sulfur in 91 Petrol is very noticeable. Bushfires blow smoke across the whole metro area. One in three Australians are allergic to grass pollens.

Combined with the recent architectural changes (installing the world famous blender Default Cube everywhere) and increasing cliquey isolation, it has become quite difficult to enjoy the city life.

It's often a battle not to leave.

Though I'm not supposed to say the truth so much, it bothers people.

The solipisist can't find reason to form agreements with others. Others are mindless in his view.

He can't define consciousness in terms of what we agree, there's nobody to agree with.

So the game of describing the color red to others, cannot be played to any meaningful end. Red is red to the solipsist.

Coming up with your own interpretation of consciousness is an ability truly conscious people have.

It can never be completely agreed upon in a philosophical conversation without dogma or compromise.

Both solipsism and total agreement, cannot be truthfully used as philosohical tools to contain consciousness.

Some 'Normal' people are losing their minds too.

The double stack effect of people losing their mind in real life and then finding an echo chamber to blame it on, is hard to escape solo.

Critical thinking and solid reasoning goes out the window too easily.

There is no recourse except not to play. The end user has no choice. Sounds like a dictatorship.

Sounds like a platform that will wither away and die. Glassdoor users are emboldened by anonymity and know exactly what happens to people who put that kind of information on Facebook or LinkedIn next to their real name.

The recourse is taking down the business with a bot hive?