[ExI] Mono or Poly?

[BillK]

On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 at 17:34, efc--- via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On Mon, 24 Feb 2025, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:
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> > On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 at 10:51, Jason Resch via extropy-chat
> > <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >> Using the example of past systems, (with which we have some experience), consider:
> >> Which of the following systems are preferred, and what about the preferred option makes it a better than the alternative?
> >>
> >> - dictatorships vs. democracies
> >> - centralized systems vs. distributed systems
> >> - monocrops vs. biodiversity
> >> - central banks vs. blockchains
> >> - monopolies vs. markets
> >>
> >> Then consider how many of those advantages and disadvantages carry over and apply to:
> >> - AI singletons vs. AI communities
> >>
> >> The question is then: "Do we have the ability to engineer one outcome vs. the other?"
> >>
> >> Jason
> >> _______________________________________________
> >
> > While one or the other may be a preferred option, options are a human problem.
> > In human history, where these options exist, the result is almost
> > always terrible conflicts where one option tries to destroy the other
> > option.
> > The fault lies lies in human evolutionary history.
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> Is that really true? Is destroying dictatorships worse than letting them
> thrive in the long run? What about biodiversity having a conflict with
> monocrops?
>
> Could you please elaborate a bit to allow me to better understand your
> point?>
> _______________________________________________


Looking at history, it doesn't matter which option we say we prefer.
Plenty of people will prefer the other option, and conflict ensues.
Monocrops saved millions from starvation.
All options benefit some people, and conflict ensues again.

BillK