> It appears to me that Anders and Robin (and Max?) have a tendency to=20
> think that there are lots of checks and balances in the nature of=20
> things, and that tradeoffs and diminishing returns guarantee that a=20
> large variety of different strategies will always co-exist. Eliezer=20
> and other extreme singularians (and to some extent me) seem to think=20
> that the world and posthuman society might well be more brittle, and=20
> that system could easily end up in one of the "boring" states,=20
> i.e. simple states. (If the universe were transformed into a giant=20
> pleasure-machine, for example, it might be a simple state, but not a=20
> boring one from the insiders point-of-view.) In a factor analysis of=20
> different thinking styles in transhumanism, I would expect this to=20
> turn out to be one of the basic dimensions.
"Simple" states mostly turn out to be less than libertarian. Any simple =
form of government is to some extent a dictatorship. The more you want =
to get away from that, the more complex it wil be. The "giant pleasure =
machine" would be something like "Brave New World", which might be =
heaven for some, but not for me.
Well, it might be possible that we end up somewhere between "Brave New =
World" and "1984", but only if we don't fight against it.
Checks and Balances exist in the form of evolution. If any part of the = system gets too strong, sooner or later there will evolve someone to = prey on it. If not, it will grow stronger and stronger. Then, = eventually, it will fall of its own weight.
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