[ExI] On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs

[Anders Sandberg]

On 2013-08-21 04:03, TwentFirstCentury Matters wrote:
>
> And what of 'the' military, Anders-- isn't it all really a protection 
> racket?

Some of it, sometimes. But remember that your body spends around 10% of 
its metabolism on the immune system, and your computer probably burns 
more cycles on antivirus/firewall software than most other things. A 
system in a world of parasites and adversaries needs to spend effort on 
defence or it will cease to exist. The key question is whether the 
equilibrium reached is rational or just a stable equilibrium.

-- 
Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University

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