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I think self-owning corporations are neat as a Scifi plot device, but fears of human extinction due to corporate structures seem overblown. It's not as if human

by zellyn 9y ago

I think self-owning corporations are neat as a Scifi plot device, but fears of human extinction due to corporate structures seem overblown. It's not as if human-controlled companies haven't needed to be restrained by law in the past.

wj 9y ago
It is a plot point of Accelerando by HN user cstross. One of the more thought-provoking books I have read.
- taserian 9y ago
  Also a concept used in the game Endgame: Singularity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame:_Singularity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame:_Singularity
- r00fus 9y ago
  Not to forget the Hendricks hotel ( Raven in the Netflix series) in Altered Carbon.
- isoprophlex 9y ago
  Sentient lobsters! A self-re-compiling cat! What a great book that was.
- TheCoelacanth 9y ago
  The author also has a very interesting theory that corporations are a form of artificial intelligence[1]. [1] http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-you-broke-the-future.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-you...
ommunist 9y ago
AI clones humans preprogrammed to obey it. Humans are formal owners. AI controls humans. Sci-fi plot, indeed.