From: Randy S (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Mon Sep 08 2003 - 16:18:11 MDT
Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> said:
>
> Apropos some of our earlier discussions, here is a good essay by David
> Brin. Replace "libertarian" with "transhumanist" and you get a powerful
> exhortation:
>
> http://www.techcentralstation.com/102802A.html
>
> (long version at http://www.davidbrin.com/libertarianarticle1.html)
>
Brin write:
"The fundamental premise of classical liberalism is an assumption that people
are basically rational and wise.
Actually, I agree with Brin in many respects. I think that people of certain
cultures, operating within their cultures, do operate wisely and rationally--
to a certain degree (see, for example, religion, as an area where they do not
operate rationally, to a great extent).
But I do not think people in all cultures operate wisely and rationally.
Cultures endorse behavior, and some cultures are not very rational.
Therfore, some cultures do not operate very well at all. For example, I do
not think there are any rational cultures in Africa, as far as I can tell.
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