Wei Dai writes
> Anders Sandberg wrote:
>> In what ways do twins reduce each other's economic value in a manner
>> ordinary sibling's don't? Unless you work in a field where genetics is a
>> major determinant of success (sports or modelling?) clones do not reduce
>> your value on the work market.
>
> I think it's a matter of scale. Having one or two clones of you may not
> noticeably reduce your market value, but having tens of thousands almost
> certainly will, since many of them will probably obtain similar skillsets
> as yours. Granted this is mostly a worry for celebrities, but it affects
> everyone since it creates a disincentive for people to become highly
> successful.
I would gladly earn a third as much if there could be two of me.
I'd gladly go for a tenth as much, if there could be one hundred
of me. I like being alive so much, you see, that getting to be
alive in a hundred places would be worth almost anything (so
long as the great majority of us were not in unbearable
discomfort or anything, of course).
Lee Corbin
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