den Otter wrote:
> Ah, but the beauty of future technology is that it can ultimately give
Really? To the best of my knowledge, the rich and powerful
do not spend a lot of time in laboratories. I am curious as
to why you think that they would have access.
> the power of a whole nation, or even a world, to just one person. A Jupiter
> Brain is an army of philosophers, soldiers, scientists, artists and workers
> all by itself. It is autonomous. If a guy like Hitler can obtain the crucial
> technology to upload and expand before anyone else, or at least in the
> early stages of transhumanity, he *could* use it to kill/enslave everyone
> else without suffering any bad consequences. Those that will have these
> technologies first will almost by definition be the rich and powerful
> (the leaders of corporations and government agencies etc.)
Wolfkin.
wolfkin@phonetech.com