A board that I serve on wanted to change its meeting time. We used a program called Genius, which is a scheduling program which recommends the best time slots for meetings. There were about twenty of us. We put in the times we would be available for meetings. Genius did its computing.
The result was that there were no times that everybody could attend. But it listed some suggestions. Actually, it was me that spoiled Genius' choice. The time it picked was the time my walking group, walks. I reasoned that our meeting was only once a month; I could miss one Walk. I also could just leave the group, or end the walker earlier, or just do a short walk--once a month. Anyway, I capitulated.
That's not what I want to point out. I was thinking that if AI can figure out a way to schedule meeting times to placate everyone, why couldn't we use AI to settle world-wide problems? Every country could express their needs and ask AI to satisfy everyone.
Remember AI didn't actually satisfy all members of the board. I had to capitulate. The same probably would happen with countries. Every country would have to agree to negotiate.
Doesn't everyone desire peace? Why wouldn't every country agree to abide by the negotiated agreements they devise?
I can think of one, maybe two, reasons. One, needs are not wants, and the countries need to see that. Secondly, of course, the countries' leaders/negotiators, are human. Errare humanum est.
Ugh, another wrench in my plan. Ephesians 6:12.
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