Re: NANO: Custom molecules (gulp!)

D.den Otter (neosapient@geocities.com)
Thu, 02 Dec 1999 02:33:05 +0100



> From: Spike Jones <spike66@ibm.net>

> > Eliezer: > I wouldn't trust den Otter on this one, Spike.
> >
> > D.den Otter wrote: Of course not. Trust no-one, Spike, and certainly not
> > Eliezer,
> > who values the Singularity more than your, mine or anyone else's...
>
> The only people I *do* trust in this life are those who act
> in their own *ultimate* best interest, and admit that they do so.

Yep, good guys wear grey. No good or evil, but boundless adaptation.

> It is logical to work towards a singularity, on the belief that
> such a course is ultimately in ones own best interest. Right?

Exactly. Honesty about our goals is a good basis for fruitful cooperation, even if we disagree on some points.