Re: STATE-OF-THE-(Fourth)WORLD:

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Mon Jun 24 2002 - 08:36:47 MDT


Brian Phillips wrote:
>>Someone wrote:
>
> (paraphrase) Oh for the proper technology!
> Someone else responded
>
>>>Its government, not technology.
>
> Someone else chimed in
>
>>It's (mainly) culture, not technology. After so many years, one must
>>conclude that a govt is derived from the dominant cultures.
>
> I think I'll just refrain from breaking this down to the next lower level...

Then I will. It's the species.

-- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence


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