[ExI] It might be, was Is Transhumanism Coercive?

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Tue Oct 25 21:09:47 UTC 2011


On 25 October 2011 22:53, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:
> However, there is a great deal of difference between having lots of
> smartphones because they are so darn nifty and a rule that everybody must
> carry one.

I think that difference between legal rules and social norms are, for
the best and for the worst,  overestimated. The latter can be as
"coercive" as the second. The former may be at the end of the day less
hypocritical and more open to critique.

-- 
Stefano Vaj



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