[ExI] Usages of the term libertarianism

[BillK]

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Kelly Anderson  wrote:
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> To respond to your point more directly, the easily-led will not be
> quite so easily led when there is more intelligence in the world, I
> hope. If everyone had an intelligent agent to look after their
> political interests, that would be an interesting game changer. Then
> what was or was not on any particular news cast might have less
> impact.
>
>

On the other hand, from the glass half-empty perspective, at present
it is the most intelligent people in the world that are ruining the
world economy for their own personal gain (measured in money and
power).

I don't see any direct link between greater intelligence and altruism
/ benevolence.
Quite the opposite so far in human history.


BillK