From: Damien Raphael Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 13 2000 - 16:19:09 MST
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 14:45:03 -0800 (PST)
phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu (Damien Raphael Sullivan) wrote:
> People worry about gray goo, but think checking of persistent chemicals or
> released GM organisms is evil government interference?
I mean, I'm all into being a machine-intelligence Diasporan with a
billion-year expected lifespan (with backups) and a tendency to view
supernovae as fun fireworks. But that's then. At the moment our lives are
pretty tied to Earth's ecosystem, and vulnerable to our own poisons; I see no
wisdom in treating Earth cavalierly before we have well-established
alternatives, just because preserving it may take some collective action and a
bit of group coercion.
Not that I expect to want to dispose of Earth after said alternatives. But
even if you do... don't count your nanotech miracles until they've decanted.
-xx- Damien X-)
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