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They probably shouldn't, what unique value does anyone bring? Which is also why I am not even going to entertain the idea in earnest. This is just some creative

They probably shouldn't, what unique value does anyone bring? Which is also why I am not even going to entertain the idea in earnest. This is just some creative rephrasing of the countless books out about being the best performer, the rockstar, the person to aspire to be. BORING! The work I do is appreciated by those around me. It isn't world changing, it doesn't need to be. I am happy doing my work, other people are happy with the work I do. When I am done with work I am done with work and do the mediocore stuff that also makes me happy. When the time comes, I'll shut down and that will be enough. Thank you very much.

threatofrain 2y ago
The world might consider more Beethoven.
Dig1t 2y ago
If you had the option to boot up your dead mom, would you? What about your dead grandma? What about your great grandma? If you were running a version of your dead mom, and she told you she wanted you to boot up her mom, would you? The reason to keep someone alive is not rooted in the economic value they provide to the world (IMO).
- creesch 2y ago
  Before commenting you should read the article. It very explicitly makes it an economic value question. Which is the context in which I wrote my answer.
  - Dig1t 2y ago
    I did read the article, the author's point is obvious, there is no incentive to boot up a 1000 year old brain. My point is that I think the author missed the family connection. >1000 years pass. Everyone that ever knew, loved or cared about you die. Doesn't matter if your descendants never knew you, they still might want you around. I personally would want to boot up my ancestors going back 1000 years, and I think a lot of people would. Purely for filial affinity reasons. And the person that you boot up might want you to boot up THEIR parents and so on. Beyond curiosity and research purposes, it's obviously not useful to boot up a 1000 year old person and try to educate them to be competent in a future. But I think the author just glossed over the fact that there might be a physical link (genes, family, etc) between you and certain people living 1000 years from now. Actually it seems fairly likely to me that at least one of your descendants will want to boot you up just based on the sheer number of descendants you end up having factoring in exponential growth of offspring. Frame it this way: if one of your descendants has a 1% chance of wanting to bring you back and talk to you and see what you're like and you have thousands of descendants, you have a fairly good chance of being brought back at least for some period of time.
    - bcrl 2y ago
      But which one of your ancestors do you boot up? Over 1000 years, fanout at 2.6 kids per couple is significant as that's easily going to be more than 25 generations.

threatofrain 2y ago

The world might consider more Beethoven.

Dig1t 2y ago

If you had the option to boot up your dead mom, would you? What about your dead grandma? What about your great grandma? If you were running a version of your dead mom, and she told you she wanted you to boot up her mom, would you? The reason to keep someone alive is not rooted in the economic value they provide to the world (IMO).

creesch 2y ago
Before commenting you should read the article. It very explicitly makes it an economic value question. Which is the context in which I wrote my answer.
- Dig1t 2y ago
  I did read the article, the author's point is obvious, there is no incentive to boot up a 1000 year old brain. My point is that I think the author missed the family connection. >1000 years pass. Everyone that ever knew, loved or cared about you die. Doesn't matter if your descendants never knew you, they still might want you around. I personally would want to boot up my ancestors going back 1000 years, and I think a lot of people would. Purely for filial affinity reasons. And the person that you boot up might want you to boot up THEIR parents and so on. Beyond curiosity and research purposes, it's obviously not useful to boot up a 1000 year old person and try to educate them to be competent in a future. But I think the author just glossed over the fact that there might be a physical link (genes, family, etc) between you and certain people living 1000 years from now. Actually it seems fairly likely to me that at least one of your descendants will want to boot you up just based on the sheer number of descendants you end up having factoring in exponential growth of offspring. Frame it this way: if one of your descendants has a 1% chance of wanting to bring you back and talk to you and see what you're like and you have thousands of descendants, you have a fairly good chance of being brought back at least for some period of time.
  - bcrl 2y ago
    But which one of your ancestors do you boot up? Over 1000 years, fanout at 2.6 kids per couple is significant as that's easily going to be more than 25 generations.