From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Dec 19 2000 - 13:42:41 MST
Geoff Tillman wrote:
>
> True, but to have a voice in congress and the choosing of the
> president you have to be a state. Puerto Rico and Guam will
> probably gain statehood eventually. As to the flag if more
> states join more stars are added. Their are designs already
> made which have 51-60 stars (just in case). Everytime a state
> has join it has always gotten a star. And lets not forget
> that their were originally 13 states not 50. And Alaska and
> Hawaii did not acheive statehood untill 1959 and 1960
> respectfully.
I was recently musing that the Senate was originally intended to have 26
members... maybe a few more as time went on, but still 26 originally. A
small, tight group; not like a Senate of 100 at all. One Senator of 26,
nationwide, would have considerably more prestige than one Senator of
100. People might even be able to remember who they are.
Maybe it's time to jump to one Senator for every two states instead of the
other way around. Not that it'll ever happen. It's just one item more
for the little list.
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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