Re: The All-Purpose Nanite (was Re: "Cyberpower" and futur)

From: Eliezer Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Thu Nov 28 1996 - 22:27:17 MST


> There is something called the free market which is every man is out for
> themselves. You're making it sound like a religion? You meantioned a soul
> and that you are a student of the singularity as if it were a superior
> being. Lets not get religious about the singularity. Please! You may
> consider me heartless and cruel but thats life for yah! The free market is
> heartless and cruel and nothing can stop that so live with it. You sound
> like a bleeding heart liberal attempting to ease all pain and suffering on
> the planet. Come on, try to save the planet.

I am me. With that position comes certain responsibilities. I am a
student of the Singularity - not learning *from*, learning about. I'd
say I was dissecting the Singularity under the microscope, if I thought
it was possible. Reverence is evil because then you never know the
truth, and I've got to know the truth.

-- 
         sentience@pobox.com      Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
          http://tezcat.com/~eliezer/singularity.html
           http://tezcat.com/~eliezer/algernon.html
Disclaimer:  Unless otherwise specified, I'm not telling you
everything I know.


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