[extropy-chat] Interview with a Luddite - Kevin Kelly's US$1,

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> Kelly: OK. [...] I bet you US$1,000 that in the year 2020, we're not
> even close to the kind of disaster you describe - a convergence of
> three disasters: global currency collapse [...]
> 
> Sale: [Pauses. Then smiles.] OK. 

If Sale is wrong about the future, he looses $1k; if Sale is right
about the future, we wins $1k (which by the stated conditions of the
bet is worthless as the currency has collapsed).

He He. Sucker bet.

(I prefer my sucker bets to pay off sooner though 8-)

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