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except in this timeline i don’t think we avoided any deaths we just delayed them

• gilbetron 5y ago
  I don't think we even really delayed them: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30167436 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30167436
  • umeshunni 5y ago
    No death is avoided. All deaths are merely delayed.
    • usrusr 5y ago
      Not if the shift implies a change to procreation fan-out. That's how a paperclip maximiser would talk an Asimov robot into killing children.