RE: Robotic nation

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Fri Jul 25 2003 - 17:28:41 MDT

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    On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:

    > Brendan wrote:
    > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 01:42:23PM -0700, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
    > >> Where they get the capital to invest is a different issue altogether.
    > >>
    > > No shit. So what is your suggestion?
    >
    >
    > ### Massively progressive inheritance tax is collected from dead people, and
    > distributed evenly as a dowry at maturity, giving everybody a level playing
    > field.

    Rafal, I'm quite surprised by this proposal. It would appear to require
    either (a) one "promote" that people should "die"; and/or (b) some "fixing"
    of the legal playground such that when you enter cryonic suspension
    ones assets are taxed (or worse confiscated) in some way.

    The implicit result would seem to be a short term benefit mentality
    (live for today for tomorrow you may have nothing [even though
    you may have worked your entire life for it, set up well
    designed legal trusts to preserve or grow your assets, etc.
    it may all be swept away by one or more "state" signatures]).

    I hardly consider that framework particularly extropic.

    Or another way of looking at it would be how many volunteers
    do I have for cryonic suspension in such situation that when
    you are reanimated you are penniless and able to observe the
    "fat cats" living the good life on the profits from robot
    labor financed with your confiscated assets?

    Robert



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