From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Mon Jan 18 1999 - 04:49:59 MST
EvMick@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 1/18/99 2:59:31 AM Central Standard Time, jini@hotbot.com
> writes:
>
> > >I'm in "favor" of the singularity as I understand it., because.
> > > a. It's inevitable.
> > > b. It's going to harm my enemies.
> >
> > With some trepidation in his voice, Chris asks the great prophetic EvMick,
> > "Who might those enemies be?".
....
> My enemies are government. From reading I conclude that government will be
> badly hurt .
:-) As Duncan Frissell put it, "What we seek is not the overthrow of
the government but a situation in which it gets lost in the
shuffle". Although invoking singularities to get rid of bad government
is a bit like using x-ray lasers to sharpen pencils.
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