[ExI] Gold

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> Physics informs feasibility.  Technology informs
> economics.
>
> Space travel can get a lot cheaper than it is now.
> Using current prices to argue economics is invalid.

### This is irrelevant. Whatever technology reduces the cost of human
space travel, the same technology also reduces the cost of solid state
creature travel by the same factor, or even higher. Solid state/non
biological beings will always have an economic advantage over humans
in space, an advantage so massive as to preclude meaningful
competition against non-biologicals in terms of the ability to settle
space.

Just as Eugen says, it will be upload, or stay home. At best.

Rafal