[ExI] Machines of Loving Grace

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 13/10/2024 20:41, Daniel wrote:
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> On Sat, 12 Oct 2024, Keith Henson wrote:
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>> post-birth growth) a number of families stuck it out until a child was
>> born, then moved back into the more attractive spirit world tata to
>> raise the child.
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>> (end quote)
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> Another thought, without birth and death, could there be an increased 
> risk of stagnation?

I think that this would be a new paradigm, and would need new concepts. 
Our current ideas, and psychology, are based on our biological 
evolution, and something like 'stagnation' makes sense in that light. 
After a few decades or centuries in which uploading is common, a 
different psychology and different ideas will inevitably emerge.

What I'm saying is that "an increased risk of stagnation" could well 
have no meaning (as in, it doesn't actually mean anything rather than it 
means something that we disagree with, or reject), or mean something 
different to an upload than what it currently means to us, with its 
negative implication.

Even so, from my current perspective, I'd still say "no", for a number 
of reasons. Birth plus death aren't the only drivers of change and 
development, both socially and individually, and probably aren't even 
the most significant ones.

Ben
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