Oh to be rich enough for politics to just be a fun game played for vague self-esteem reasons

For all his vast failings Johnson was pretty firm on Ukraine, but looser with words, so possible for a bigger more public disagreement? But Johnson (apparently - will never meet either) has more personal charm, and Trump is very ego-motivated 🤷‍♀️

I think we know the reason. 14 years of Austerity and nearly a decade of Brexit have put us in dire financial and diplomatic waters. Starmer just cannot afford to p**s Trump off too much.

I think it's a neat solution. Based on some assumptions (only complex social behavior = problem solving intelligence) and the exclusivity problem, but these are true for every Fermi Paradox solution 😄👽

We could probably model this, or we could just watch what happens over the next four years... 😬

5) There will be a tippling point where such a high % of individuals are in point 3) that point 4) is so easy and occurs so often that society destabilases and collapses
6) This will always occur before the societal complexity required for interstellar travel is reached.

4) Ignorance in the face of such complexity generates an underlying uncertainty. This uncertainty amplifies those social brain biases, e.g., fear of the other, which can be manipulated with greater ease by other individuals for status and power.

3) Most individuals will not have the capacity or the time to understanding most of the workings of a society capable of producing interstellar travel

2) Such 'social brains' comes with fundamental behavioral biases that are predictably irrational. These influence social behavior regardless of the level of technology, and can be destructive at large scale (e.g., in/out group, status/power)

Great time to make setting up a small start-up easier: "Americans, want to run a business AND not have children with polio? Come to the UK"