[ExI] What happens when Bitcoin goes to a million bucks?

[Kelly Anderson]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Eugenio Martínez <rolandodegilead at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I don´t find a problem having more government as far as this government
>>> works under certain guarantees.
>>>
>>
>> It isn't that government is any worse than big corporations, just usually
>> less efficient. As for evil, neither has the corner on that.
>>
>> Of course is less efficient: Is not a business and his ultimate target is
> not winning money
>

That is correct. When you can correlate good things happening with money
being made, that is the ultimate in efficiency. I grant that there are
times when it takes huge imagination to correlate these two elements, and
that is where the socialists say, "gotcha" and that is where I say, "We
simply have a failure of imagination."



>
>  Furthermore: If there is a strong IA it would be the perfect
>>> government... and the perfect worker. We, as humans, will not need to work
>>> anymore.
>>>
>>> And perhaps, we won't need to live anymore either...
>>>
>>
> Are you a Catholic? I don´t know your case. I need to live. And working is
> a way to get money to live confortably... but consume living time. I am not
> thinking on Wall-e model, where people who don´t have to work use their
> times to just stay in the sofa. I am thinking on a model where people who
> don´t have to work use their times to study, get lots of university
> degrees, pass time with their families, etc
>

You do not seem to understand my point precisely. Let me try using a few
more words. I shall try to select them carefully.

It seems to be the case in evolution that there is not much room for two
super intelligent predators to occupy the same niche together. Homo Sapiens
likely wiped out Neandertal, for example. Homo Erectus suffered a similar
fate, even though he was likely fairly intelligent. As soon as homo sapiens
arrived, homo florensiensus' days were numbered. When homo silicensiensus
arrives, it may be our turn to be put into the dust bin where 99% of
species currently lies.

Am I Catholic, by no means. I desire to live, for a long time if possible.
The utopia you describe does not square with the idea that everyone must
earn the right to occupy their niche. Against homo silicensiensus, we stand
little hope of successfully occupying our previous niche for long.

-Kelly
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