[ExI] immortal

[William Flynn Wallace]

I presume that an uploaded person needs electricity to function.  When the
assets used to create the upload and provide energy eventually run out,
then what?  How does the upload create assets?  That's my question.   bill w

On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 at 11:43, Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > There's an assumption here that I think may be false, and if it is, it
> > changes the argument completely.
> >
> > Why assume that the infrastructure to host an individual mind has to be
> > outside the control of the individual?
> >
> <big snip>
> >
> > Ben
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
> The big problem about predicting the future is how much it will change.
> When cars appeared, obviously fewer horses would be required.
> But much more than horses were affected.
>
> As the Singularity approaches, we face the problem that *everything*
> will be changing.
> So predicting the future now means that almost anything we can think
> of will be different and things that we never even thought of will
> appear.
> We live in interesting times, indeed!
>
> BillK
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