[ExI] The Singularity, Politicians and the Great Debt

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:05:39AM -0600, Kelly Anderson wrote:

> It is clear to me that the debt being incurred by the United States
> can not be paid off by a natural historical growth curve in the
> economy... but that with an event like the Singularity, paying off a
> $14 trillion dollar debt would become possible, perhaps even easy...
> Do you think that our political leaders are aware of the possibility
> of the coming Singularity and are depending upon that to pull our

As far as I can tell, only a tiny fringe is aware of the possibility.
None of it impacts policy.

> grandchildren out of the mess they have created? Or do you think they
> are really just as stupid as they look?

They (the top 0.5% to 0.1%) are not stupid -- their house is in order. Is yours?
 
> I await your learned opinions. Thank you.