Stephen Fry and John Cleese on Longtermism

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Musk and Bezos and people are wanting to go to Mars, they know the Earth is absolutely doomed!' Stephen Fry delves into the philosophy of Longtermism.

Posted by Corky at 12:23 PM | 3 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

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"The planet is fine. The people are f'd."
- George Carlin

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-12 12:25 PM | Reply

Stephen Fry and John Cleese explore obsession with money and power - Walk away!'

4 min

"what Napoleon
said... no go on

... he said the surprising
thing is not that every man has his
price, but how low it is."

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#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-12 12:35 PM | Reply

The earth is not doomed. Humans are. Because of humans. Mars will not save us from ourselves. And no one is coming to save us from ourselves.

Yup. Fry is right. Witnessed the exact same thing in the 80s and 90s. . I warned my agency to beware and not become totally reliant on the internet and that it was not a safe place. Which, of course, fell on deaf ears. The internet is a curse as well as a blessing. As all things can be.

And now ...

"The pigs are wearing trousers."

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-01-13 08:53 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1