[ExI] why not stalin?

[Keith Henson]

 On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> *From:* Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, 19 October, 2026 6:02 PM
> *To:* spike at rainier66.com
> *Cc:* ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] why not stalin?
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> >…Spike, you can find anything you look for on the net. If there is a big
> fight among democrats about socialism, it has not leaked into my awareness
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> Indeed Keith?  Is not Bill Maher and James Carville threatening to leave
> the party a big fight?  Those guys both say if Piker is in, they are out.
> Piker is still in.
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I don't know anything about Maher, Crville, or Piker. I can't remember
reading about any of them in the MSM (Washington Post, Guardian,
occasionally BBC and NYT)  I follow. So you citing these guys is wasted on
me.

On the other hand, I had never heard of Charley Kirk before somebody shot
him.

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> >…And as John says, there is so much boiling up in the near future that
> none of us should care.
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> Ja, I get that.  But we also need to face the risk that AI will not kill
> everybody, or won’t do it in the next two or three years.
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I would not call that a risk.

Keith

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