I want to maximize my chances of living forever by motivating humanity to immediately coordinate as a singleton society that agrees to rules enforced by a single world government.
Nation states and corporations are the most powerful entities in the world today. These groups have provided some of us with a standard of living that humans 500 years ago could not even imagine. But our prosperity came at the cost of things like war, corruption, and inequality. Our current planet has countries competing for resources and corporations competing for profits. This environment is not stable enough to handle our exponentially improving technological capabilities.
The world government I'm imagining:
* Grants all humans equal rights, acknowledging... (read 203 more words →)
Here are some of the negative responses I anticipate. Try not to read them until you've thought about/posted your answer to the question.
I am posting these as evidence that I have given the problem a nontrivial amount of thought. Some of these statements are false. Others are true, yet their truthiness is not enough to stop me from believing that this is indeed the best path forward.
## This is impossible, so don't waste your time dreaming about it.
This is science fiction/utopian/idealistic.
Look at Brexit and Republicans.
Evolution programmed us to assemble into small groups and fight others. We can't overcome our programming.
The most wealthy/powerful people in the world would face a reduction in standard