On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> I think the material world is inherently neutral, which in some ways
> is almost as bad as active hostility. I think that a lot of the
> problem can be ameliorated by putting at least one layer of
> abstraction between yourself and physical reality.
Well put, but one needs to keep in mind that layers over layers introduce
inefficiencies. A holistic design approach that a Power would use would
tend to transcend layers.
-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204/">leitl</a>
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