Re: One NanoDream, Deconstructed

Robin Hanson (hanson@hss.caltech.edu)
Sun, 29 Sep 96 20:01:12 PDT

Dan Clemmensen writes:
>> Given all this, some folks seem to want to infer that at some point
>> most living humans will fit the scenario of living off their own small
>> plot of land, using basically free designs.
>
>Actually, given all this, anyone who wishes to do so may drop out
>of the economy. I don't know what percentage will do so.

People can drop out of the economy now, and have had this ability for
a very long time. Surely you had a stronger claim in mind.

Robin D. Hanson hanson@hss.caltech.edu http://hss.caltech.edu/~hanson/