----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Stross" <charlie@antipope.org>
> Within the current paradigm, fewer workers and
> more pensioners means either the need for more wealth distribution and
> higher taxation ... or starving pensioners.
We're not likely to improve conditions with "wealth distribution and higher
taxation." Rather, we'll increase prosperity with more wealth _production_ via
automation, lower taxation, and an economy stabilized by AI from practical
capital investment (from pensioners) and corporate innovation.
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego
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