<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div>Anders Sandberg wrote:</div><div> </div><div>> Mbrains will no doubt look quaint as we get </div><div>> ever better ideas of how to arrange matter to </div><div>> do useful things, ...</div><div> </div><div>I understand the attraction of central planning</div><div>and vast civilization constructs. I'm just not</div><div>sure Mbrains are the way to use resources </div><div>effectively or wisely. As the value of the </div><div>Mbrain rises so does the cost of insuring its </div><div>safety - eating more and more resources</div><div>protecting it from threats without or within.</div><div>The cost of protecting it will be high because </div><div>the investment is concentrated. I do not believe</div><div>it can be hidden [stealth] or move about </div><div>[nomadic] so it must exist
in fortress mode.</div><div>Fortresses can be stable for long periods of</div><div>time - until technology renders them </div><div><span id="misspell-4"><span>vulnerable</span></span>. It would seem a future driven view </div><div>would anticipate that technology will move</div><div>faster and faster rendering a large fortress </div><div>vulnerable before it can even be constructed.</div><div> </div><div>That is part of why I took the Superstealth SND</div><div>approach instead many years ago. Stealth, </div><div>Nomadic, Dispersed. Our present means</div><div>of industrialization depends largely upon</div><div>processes that are centralized in a manner</div><div>vulnerable to any number of problems. Long</div><div>term survival "big-picture questions for human </div><div>civilization" should look at long term stability</div><div>as a primary criteria. I believe the Superstealth </div><div>SND
approach is fundamental to the</div><div>survival of any technological civilization.</div><div>It encompasses survival techniques learned</div><div>in nature and in modern military technology.</div><div> </div><div>I am not interested in trashing the mbrain</div><div>concept - I'm sure many interesting ideas</div><div>have come out of it. I have been interested</div><div>in the alternative Superstealth SND approach </div><div>for a very long time and am more interested</div><div>in talking about what it has to offer.</div><div> </div><div>I had not heard of the institute you work for</div><div>until now - interesting. It reminds me of the</div><div>Perimeter Institute in some ways. I am glad</div><div>you are willing to talk in a forum like this.</div><div>Many in academia are not so willing.<var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var></div><div> </div><div>Dennis May</div></div></body></html>