From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Mon Jun 10 2002 - 10:39:30 MDT
T0Morrow@aol.com wrote:
>
> My observation of Extropians' debates leads me to conclude that they share
> the libertarians' variance of opinion. Right and left-wingers show similar
> splits on the justifiability of IP, however, so I don't think that
> libertarian ambivalence unique.
>
> I see little in Extropian thought that mandates either a pro- or anti-IP
> position; the principles speak too generally to dictate results in such
> matters.
I think this is only because the principles do not delve at all into the
specific impact of the technologies we promote. Nanotechnology will at
some point make economies of material resources obsolete, at which point
the only resources of value will be information and energy. For human
civilization to function in such a state, information as property gains
paramount importance for what remains of the market when the everyday
survival needs of every individual are satiated by a replication system
and several kilowatt hours of energy. Especially in the area of
nanoreplication technology, IP in these technologies will determine who
owns what.
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