Does a correlation exist between societal decline and economic/technological progress?

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Technology is advancing faster than we can keep pace with, and there is no shortage of "doomsday" rhetoric around it. There are also those who look at all the advances and have hope for a technologically constructed utopia. Let's talk about our perceptions of technology and what can be gleaned.

Vector fields: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_di4Zn4wz4

Moore's law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law

Measuring Technological Progress paper: https://www.jeremygreenwood.net/papers/structures.pdf

How Machines Learn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9OHn5ZF4Uo

Nick Bostrom's "Superintelligence": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7GCBvWPF2I

AI stop button problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TYT1QfdfsM

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Modern problems require modern solutions, or so they say. What about an old problem in a modern context? Let's take an old concept, the "public square", and consider what appears to be replacing it in our modern age: social media.

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We talk at great length about talking; however, this week we talk about actions. When are they justified? Often people talk about what they would do in a scenario, but scenarios don't often emerge suddenly; they are gradual. Let's talk about what lines need be crossed for actions to be justified.

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Terrorism at its mention strikes fear, almost as if that was its intended purpose. Let's put the fear aside and address the idea of it at its core.

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Authority and Power, two core concepts in social philosophy. These words get used interchangeably from time to time, however they mean very different things. Let's discuss how they are related and how understanding these concepts have far-reaching consequences in practical matters.

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In another installment of Devil's Advocate, where we debate a topic with each fauxlosopher on either side of the issue, we talk about the Federal Communications Commission of the United States, a regulatory commission focused on creating and enforcing policies which  govern almost all wireless communications which occur in the electromagnetic spectrum. Primarily, we will discuss the necessity of this institution, and what truths lie in the outcome of our discussion.

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Copyright: what is it? But more importantly, should it exist? The Fauxlosophers take both sides of the issue to discuss copyright from opposing stances: One against copyright, and the other its Devil's Advocate.

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A continuation on our discussion on lying, we discuss a real technological game changer on the concept of deception: Deep Fakes. How does our "common sense" approach to honest stand up when our senses begin to become insufficient to determine the truth?

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2DDU4g0PRo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMF2i3A9Lzw

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Lying is wrong, right? Is it always wrong, though? What about lying to a murderer about their would-be victim's whereabouts? Maybe lying deserves a more honest look.

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