From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Feb 26 2003 - 20:17:27 MST
Emlyn O'regan wrote:
>
> This is my alternative explanation... some of us disagree fundamentally with
> the defacto idealogy of the modern west, that being a culture of fear and a
> negative individual obsession with unachievable personal goals like (total)
> safety and security. We disagree with these because they run counter to the
> fundamentals of true individualistic philosophies, transhumanism in
> particular. I was utterly stunned when, post Sept 11, many people who had
> formerly been raving libertarians, became raving statists and warmongers.
> Preposterous! How can you reconcile an ideology of individualism, optimism,
> and freedom, with networks of civilian spies, massive military mobilisation,
> and the general and ongoing degradation of freedoms that have come in the
> ensuing years?
>
> I've been accused of being a socialist on this list enough times over the
> years that I can't quite grok the fact that I even have to post this.
> Remember who we are.
Who you *were*.
It isn't a permanent feature of an individual. It can be burned away, if
you're careless.
-- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/ Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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