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Bitcoin is a paperclip maximizer instantiation running on a hybrid human/machine topology.

• dnautics 6y ago
  so is capitalism, so is socialism, so is biology, etc...
  • abraxas 6y ago
    Not at all. In the aggregate living organisms don't evolve to homogenize their output while vacuuming resources from more interesting pursuits. As for social/economic systems such as capitalism that's neither here nor there. Apples and oranges so to speak.
    • dnautics 6y ago
      There is an inherent bias in looking at paperclips like that. I'm sure that if you spend some time in the paperclip community you will find that they value their individuality; each paperclip has slightly different characteristics (one might be bent a few arcseconds more than the next one).
  • rytill 6y ago
    What does socialism optimize for?
    • meowkit 6y ago
      Equivalency of status (power) and equity (wealth). That is not a stable state in our reality though, which is why it falls apart at some point.
    • dnautics 6y ago
      Accrual of centralized power