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> I don't buy it...not even close. I get where you are coming from and I agree that the current track record doesn't allow for such predictions. However, I am
by vdaniuk 13y ago
> I don't buy it...not even close.
I get where you are coming from and I agree that the current track record doesn't allow for such predictions. However, I am linking the advent of post-scarcity to the widespread adoption of some transhumanism values. Maybe that'll work. Or we'll be consumed by grey goo. The future is too bright to see it clearly.
On the somewhat unrelated note my favorite flavor of transhumanism is abolitionism that aims to remove suffering as much as possible.
- Havoc 13y agoI suspect we're on the same (idealistic) philosophical wave length here, I just can't link my current (personal) projections of the future with what you describe. You speak of "remove suffering" whilst I speak of inequality increased a 100 fold. You are clearly a very reasonable person, but I don't see a "meeting of minds" happening here unless I misunderstood you dramatically - there is no overcoming that gap. A 100 fold increase in inequality destroys everything in its path.