x31b t1_it8n7o7 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Reply to comment by OLSAU in A new UN report explores how to make human civilization safe from destruction. There’s a way to make civilization extinction-proof. But it won’t be easy. by mossadnik

Or just eliminate anyone who actually wants the job from consideration.

StarChild413 t1_itaopdj wrote on October 22, 2022 at 4:40 AM

Then you'd need people in power-in-the-shadows to do the forcing-people-into-the-job who'd need A. a similar-but-not-so-similar-it's-an-infinite-regress check on their own power and B. some form of "thought police"/"mind-reading machine"/whatever to distinguish those who actually don't want it from those who want to sneak their way into power by either keeping their intentions to themselves so no one hears them want it or metaphorically yell from the rooftops lip service about how much they'd hate the job