Suppose you are a mad scientist performing experiments in your basement and you discover a drug that cures cancer. Do you have a moral obligation to share it with the rest of the world? What if you just sit on it and keep it to yourself, is that evil? Can the government intervene and force [...]
Look, I’m the first to admit that we young people are dumb: we are sex-crazed, druggy rock ‘n roll freaks who love Family Guy and fart jokes, but at least we care about the future. For us, most of our lives lie in the future. For old people, most of their lives lie in the [...]
Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, envisions a 24th century utopia where people want for nothing. There is no money; replicators can create anything you need. Food? Shelter? Clothing? No problem. Because of this, there is no poverty, no homeless people, no crime, and no violence. It’s a perfect world, except for one thing: [...]
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