In a message dated 10/16/2002 7:02:42 AM Pacific Standard Time,
eugen@leitl.org writes:
> While I can imagine a world without currency as we know it, a being
> without drives has definitely a lower fitness than your average selfish
> bastard.
A being without any drives, conscious or subconscious, would just sit in one
place and do nothing, obviously...
> > principle, posthumans will have the capability to consensually modify
> their
> > thought patterns to be more resonant with a society of extreme abundance.
> As
>
> Where is the extreme abundance coming from? The concentration of
> matterenergy in the spacetime is finite. The kinetic bottleneck of matter
> conversion vs. pattern replication guarantees you scarcity all the way to
> the ceiling.
Um, don't understand what you mean here. "Kinetic bottleneck of matter
conversion vs. pattern replication"? One example of increased abundance is
the fact that I'm able to buy more computing power for less money than I
would have had to pay a few years ago. Does that not fall under your
definition of "abundance"? If not, what does?
> > many like to point out, we are not only headed towards a technological
> > Singularity, but an ethical and peaceful Singularity as well.
>
> Hopefully, you're right, but I'm certainly missing the evidence.
In light of your doomsaying, you should be working harder than anyone else to
ensure the integrity of the upcoming emergence of greater-than-human
intelligence, because that's the safest thing to do, and you're nervous,
right?
Michael Anissimov
Received on Wed Oct 16 17:52:28 2002
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