A few hundred years ago

[purplepolarbear]

A few hundred years ago slavery and burning people for witchraft were commonly accepted practices. Only a few outspoken souls spoke out against them. Today, almost everyone would oppose them and consider them barbaric.

What do we do today that is commonly accepted but a few outspoken souls speak out against and that in a few hundred years time our descendents will consider barbaric ? (The only thing I can think of is eat meat).

[purplepolarbear]

Good point - in a few hundred years time our decendents may have some form of genetically engireered injection to replace burning.

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mybrainhurts said:

Sprouts...

Would more advanced future generations pelt Harperson with them?

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fido said:

I don't think eating meat will ever go out of fashion - if anything a nice piece of steak will become more of a luxury in the future. i think leaving families on benefits will be considered a form of cruelty in the future. Also prisons, as we know them, are rather low-tech form of punishment.

mmm - tomorrow's dinner... I hope steak doesn't go out of fashion.

Prisons are an interesting case - maybe future generations would have some form of treatment (e.g. a psychiatric treatment that actually works) that they could use to turn criminals into law abiding tax paying members of society rather than having to send them to prison (and probably see them descend into a cycle of reoffending).

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DangerousMike said:

i think the athenian democracy worked quite well. I wonder if this means that the best size for governable societies is much smaller than the countries we currently have.

With improved communication would it be possible to have larger governable societies (if the whole world was one society and everyone was treated equally within it wars and such like would be far less likely)?

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DangerousMike said:

i think the athenian democracy worked quite well. I wonder if this means that the best size for governable societies is much smaller than the countries we currently have.

With improved communication would it be possible to have larger governable societies (if the whole world was one society and everyone was treated equally within it wars and such like would be far less likely)?