Re: Sainthood

Eliezer Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Sat, 21 Dec 1996 19:32:42 -0600

> Yesterday Eliezer wrote,
>
> > The only reason I'm still here is to serve humanity.
>
> Today he wrote,
>
> > "extropy" is starting to sound too much like sainthood.
>
> Are you telling us everything you know?

Yes, I'm aware of that little trap and am doing my best to counter it.
I don't believe that working for humanity gives me any right of command
- it's just an ethical makeover so I can get out of bed in the morning.

-- 
         sentience@pobox.com      Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
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Disclaimer:  Unless otherwise specified, I'm not telling you
everything I think I know.