alt Hacker NewsThe west thrived by leveraging slavery and colonialism at the expense of everyone else. Then democracies were built by moving away from both slavery and colonialism so that the world can grow as a whole.
It's possible that we'll have to move away from AI at some point in order for society to continue growing.
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alex43578 • yesterday at 9:44 AM
Please tell me you're not so delusional to think that slavery or colonialism is a uniquely "western" trait. Empires, nation-states, and groups all sought to expand; some, for various reasons, did much better than others.
The ottoman empire leveraged slavery and colonialism just as much, and there's no progress to be seen from them, at least not when compared to the west.
It's the renaissance and the scientific and industrial revolutions, that's what gave the west the opportunity to thrive.