<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Anders Sandberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anders@aleph.se" target="_blank">anders@aleph.se</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 2016-03-24 14:14, William Flynn Wallace wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Well, my last one
evolved to a discussion of bitcoin. I wonder where this one
will go:</div>
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<div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">"There's not a
lack of love in the world, but there is a dearth of willing
recipients and an abundance of hesitant givers." me</div>
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I am reminded of my latest sf reading, "The Affinities" by Robert
Charles Wilson. A personality test can detect which of 22
"affinities" you belong to, and help you find people you fit with.
Imagine being in a group where people naturally understand you,
trust and trustworthiness is easy... It is an intelligent take on
prosocial sorting. <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<br></font></span></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">I ordered three of his books based on your recommendation, following a couple by the really strange author with a really strange name, which I cannot remember. You are costing me money, but in a good way.</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">My memory is just as good as it ever was, but I can't stop forgetting to remember. (No, it's not a silly paradox - it's called metamemorial functioning).</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">Dilbert today is really good - about engineers, bosses, and intuition. Don't miss it if you can.</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">bill w</div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University</pre>
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