From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Mon Dec 17 2001 - 14:44:11 MST
Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> One thing to worry about, though, will be people objecting to the idea
> that the earthbound view of the moon would be somehow altered by large
> scale construction of solar farms there. This can easily be countered by
> TV ads showing computer generated before and after images showing
> absolutely no recognisable change at human-capable resolution (it might
> be even more effective if used at resolutions equivalent to that of some
> other animals, like eagles, etc).
Who says that the current view is optimal? In fact, if you position the
solar collectors exactly right, you might be able to arrange for nights of
the new moon to be graced by a glowing symbol where the circle of
blackness used to be. Only nights of the new moon, of course; otherwise
it wouldn't look right. I think the symbol should be a Nike swoosh (so
funding won't be a problem). Once a month, all the people in oppressed
countries could look up into the night, and know that no matter how long
it takes, no matter how much it costs, someday a McDonalds will rise above
the rubble of the palaces of tyrants. It would be the softly glowing
corporate logo of hope.
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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