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That seems pretty bad, yeah. I care about humanity. I care about myself! You're welcome to sterilize yourself, but i don't think I'll follow. The scenario
by inkblotuniverse 4y ago
That seems pretty bad, yeah.
I care about humanity. I care about myself! You're welcome to sterilize yourself, but i don't think I'll follow.
The scenario you describe doesn't involve pain, but that doesn't mean it isn't bad. An empty, dead universe seems worse to me than one teeming with thought.
- drewm1980 4y agoThe thought experiment wasn't to end sentient life in a glorious generation of virtual hedonism, just humanity. Let the octopi build their ~own VR escapism pods.
- m4rtink 4y agoI think people really underestimate resources needed to run these VR paradises - it needs mass and energy! I can fully imagine a totally disconnected VR dwelling civilization that still has hordes or self replicating bots of doom that dismantle planets and stars only to make more memory and compute. Might very well be more dangerous than a "normal" space faring civilization.
- inkblotuniverse 4y agoYes, that's the good future, except the overwhelming majority of people are virtual (keeping meat alive is expensive!)
- palata 4y agoI would rather not live than live in a world where the only living species is mankind. Think about a world without trees, birds, plants... well actually just imagine living on Mars.