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On 2016-05-02 01:47, Dan TheBookMan wrote:<br>
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<div>On May 1, 2016, at 1:16 PM, Adrian Tymes <<a
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<div dir="ltr">On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Anders
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<div>Just to be sure: you mean financial bond
instruments dealing with catastrophes, and not feline
companionship, right? </div>
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<div>I wish you asked that question before I put all that money in
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Well, demand from fat cat capitalists ought to be fairly stable.<br>
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(I wonder if one could make something like catnip for humans? I
think we do not have a signal substance like nepetalactone, but
maybe we could use gene therapy to make ourselves sensitive to
catnip too? It seems fun!)<br>
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Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University</pre>
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