From: Ben Goertzel (ben@intelligenesis.net)
Date: Tue Nov 14 2000 - 07:18:42 MST
Well, is there any kind of evidence that private currency can actually work
(i.e., not fall prey to even worse corruption than happens with gov't
currencies
in 3'rd world countries?)
ben
> You're right that this is SL2 stuff, but Ben Goertzel is here for the AI -
> it's okay if he hasn't read 90K about private currencies. He is
> a busy man.
> Let us try not to use words like "totally ridiculous".
>
> (By the way, Ben, the reason the statement is "totally ridiculous" is that
> dollars are the US currency by government fiat, not because
> government dollars
> outcompeted private currencies. We see no reason to be grateful for the
> dollar, just as we see no reason to be grateful for the US government's
> desultory, annoying mail service.)
>
> Okay, total side issue, never mind, back to the main subject.
>
> -- -- -- -- --
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://intelligence.org/
> Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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