[extropy-chat] darfur

[Hughes, James J.]

> if anyone has any ideas or suggestions on how an extropian-minded
person should look at this human tragedy 

Hmm. I know its just dumb 20th century thinking, and less important
ultimately than building the Singularity, but some people have this
crazy idea that the world community could declare genocide a crime,
appoint a body that would determine when it was occurring, and send in
troops to defend people from their murderers. 

I know its crazy. But it might just work. I hear there might be some
group in New York City working on it.

Seriously, a world that can't find the political will to defend people
from genocide - which will of course requires sacrifices of blood,
sweat, tears and treasures, and maybe even some taxes - is not a world
prepared for the existential threats we face from technologies of mass
destruction, and the political conflicts that will be exacerbated by the
emerging technologies we all talk about here. The answers are not
mysterious. They are just political. Send in the blue helmets, and
defend the people of Darfur.

J.