[ExI] Free Trade

[John Clark]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*> rather than speculating on what it WILL BE if Singularity Santa shows up*


*It's more likely Singularity Satan will show up, I would be willing to bet
you on that and give you 2 to 1 odds, except that if I win then I won't be
around to collect my winnings, and if I lose then I'll be so rich I won't
need your nearly microscopic amount of money. So there's no point.  *

*  > **We must be prepared for what happens if he doesn’t,*


*No we must not. It is neither possible nor desirable to be prepared for
any possible undesirable consequence. It's possible a meteorite will go
through your roof and hit you on the head, so should you always wear a
football helmet inside your house? I don't think so. *

*> or if Singularity Santa goes to other houses across the Pacific Ocean
> and doesn’t ever get here.*


*In that case you are toast and a balanced budget is not going to help you
one bit. I think in two years, three at the most, to anybody looking at
this thread in the archives, worrying about unbalanced budgets is going to
seem positively quaint because there are FAR more consequential things to
worry about.*

*John K Clark  *
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