<div dir="ltr">We'll have to disagree on the Nuremberg analogy. I didn't take his comment about not respecting the results of the elections seriously beyond him possibly legally challenging the results. I did not see a coup or civil war coming out of it. I won't share my personal thoughts on HRC and whether she should actually be locked up as it won't change either of our beliefs on the topic.<div><br></div><div>I do agree with you that once it becomes apparent that the Singularity is actually happening that radical compromises will be necessary. I don't see it as being inevitable before the rise of strong (conscious) AI though. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 7:31 PM, John Clark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Dylan Distasio </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:interzone@gmail.com" target="_blank">interzone@gmail.com</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>Hyperbole much on the Nuremberg comment?</div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div><font size="4"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">A man running for president whipping a mob into a frenzy chanting "LOCK HER UP!" doesn't chill your blood when the "her" in question is his political opponent? And a man </div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">running for president<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> who says he will respect the results of the election only if he wins doesn't remand you of somebody who lived about 80 years ago? </div></span></font></div><span class=""><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>And I still haven't heard a suggestion from you on how to alleviate that wealth gap that doesn't involve forced redistribution (I include taxation under this umbrella since it is conducted at the barrel of a gun).</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div><font size="4"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">I think reducing the wealth gap is impossible without taxation, and </div>I agree that taxation is impossible without at least the shadow of a gun, and I think that is not compatible with<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>classical liberalism dogma<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>that I have believed in for <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">most</div> of my life<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">. </div>But I am even more certain that<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>the ever accelerating wealth gap is not compatible with the continuation of civilization. Therefore a choice must be made. I choose<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>civilization<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div>.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">And I have to say, if we are going to have any hope of surviving the Singularity we're going to have to make bigger compromises that that. <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">That Singularity will change everything.</div> </font></div><font size="4"><br>John K Clark <br> </font><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>
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