[ExI] Belief in Market Efficiency

[John Grigg]

Keith Henson wrote:
That's not likely to happen.  My best guess is that government will "decay"
when human are no longer the smartest entities around.  I think the best we
can hope for is the status of cats relative to those in charge.

That's assuming we don't transfer our vices as well as our virtues to our
successors.
>>

Humans as docile house cats and the A.I. we create as the tigers that keep
us in line?  A sad thought...  But I suppose a society like the one Iain M.
Banks envisioned is really not so bad.

In fact, it very much appeals to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture

John Grigg
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