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If you want to play that game, you need to offer a fair comparison against the cost of "operating" the equivalent human being(s), measured in caloric input, was
by tern 8mo ago
If you want to play that game, you need to offer a fair comparison against the cost of "operating" the equivalent human being(s), measured in caloric input, waste output, etc.
- strogonoff 8mo agoMinimising the cost of “operating” humans means getting rid of humans. When human beings are not slaves and operate in a fair system, humans doing things is part humans living. Believe it or not, they may actually enjoy doing things; taking away the ability to do things we enjoy, and especially for compensation, is in fact harmful.
- tern 8mo agoHistorically, it leads to more humans—not fewer—and they get to do something else. Whether the new things they get to do are better is a matter of some debate.
- strogonoff 8mo agoHistorically, it never happened that “get to do something else” would mean “get to do something no one needs and therefore no one will pay you for”. It would be harmful not only for humans flourishing but also for their basic survival.