[ExI] Free Trade

[John Clark]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:


>> *>> The USA has had a budget deficit nearly every year for the last 200
>> years, and for 200 years people have been saying an economic apocalypse (or
>> a real apocalypse brought on by God's anger over deficit spending) is fast
>> approaching. But it still isn't here! I figure it will come about the same
>> time as the second coming of Jesus.**John K Clark*
>
>
> *> And yet… after using that argument, you are the one who is certain the
> Singularity is imminent, even though that has never happened either.*
>

*Conditions are no more likely today for deficit spending to cause an
apocalypse than they were 200 years ago, but conditions are far more likely
to cause an AI singularity than they were 200 years ago, or even just two
years ago *

*John K Clark*
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