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We can't go back

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In a TED-dialog Yuval Harari explains why we in the future have to have some global administration or even leadership. Two of the biggest problems in the future will be climate change and artificial intelligence. The poorest countries will be the ones that will suffer most of both the threats. AI will probably make millions of people without a job. The jeans made in Pakistan that I recently bought (they are "eco-friendly") will soon be made by machines. The trucks will soon find their way without drivers. And what will then happen to the truck drivers? The economy are already global and cannot be regulated by national laws. And the greenhouse gases are mainly produced by the rich countries. So we need some global leadership. And that will probably not be a democrat or elected one, according to Harari. But he seem to mean that it no other way to solve the coming problems. I´m sure he's also influenced by trend he has written about; The world is gett

Fingers, ice and octopuses - what a mix!

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Its getting warmer in Stockholm. The ice paints nice art together with the water which can be seen from the many bridges. Of course the ice cannot choose the form of the paintings. It's depending on the wind, the temperature and the water etcetera. But how much can we choose? It seems to be so that the length on the fingers indicates how much serotonin you got in  your mothers womb. Though this statement is must be taken generally and not for everyone, and it can change when we learn more. But it seems whe cannot choose to be heterosexual or homosexual. But even in some countries in Europe, as Macedonia, its very hard for homosexuals. We are somewhat programmed. We cannot choose much of our talents and our personality. In that sense we are like the ice. When Dewey Redman, the saxophonist, visited  John Coltrane he saw Coltrane's long fingers and they started to have a conversation about fingers and saxophone skills. You cannot change the length on your