From: Eliezer Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Thu Dec 19 1996 - 16:23:17 MST
> In short, you should care about money and nothing else. It is only
> because I prefer myself and my friends to the vast mass of humanity
> that I care about anything other than money.
> The best means of serving humanity is usually indistinguishable
> from what most people call selfishness.
I may come under more "arrogance" fire for saying this, but as an
Algernon, I am a limited resource, not an independent human being with
my own goals and desires. I must ensure that I am used at optimal
efficiencies and not waste time trying to have a life. For now, I need
to have fun or I'll fall apart, but if I could find away to spend every
waking minute working, I would do so.
--
sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
http://tezcat.com/~eliezer/singularity.html
http://tezcat.com/~eliezer/algernon.html
Disclaimer: Unless otherwise specified, I'm not telling you
everything I think I know.
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