From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Thu Sep 23 1999 - 17:01:51 MDT
Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>
> > (PS if anyone has good references for images that deal with what
> > a city might look like after nan - let me know)
>
> Once nanotech is cheap and common, I would image that 90% of what
> is now done with above-ground construction will move underground.
[Taking place under the star of skepticism - you know my opinions about nanotech.]
Maybe, but if so, it'll look above-ground. In fact, it'll probably look
like a savannah. There's a nice article in _The Adaptive Mind_ (thanks,
Paul Hughes!) about how our landscape preferences evolved - it is, after
all, one of the strongest selective forces around. Bright flowers
indicate healthy land that can produce fruits, and so on.
If there ever really is a Vingean or Gibsonian "cyberspace", so that the
computing world has a more native feel (I think it's a silly concept),
I'm sure it'll come out as a savannah - it's what we're evolved to deal
with, after all.
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