<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 4:53 AM, Tomaz Kristan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:protokol2020@gmail.com" target="_blank">protokol2020@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">We are witnessing a John's slow drift toward the left for several years now.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"> </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Left or right, we all have to think of something that will provide jobs for the lower classes that are now being lost to robots and AIs. AIs are getting smarter and smarter, driving more and more people out of work. We don't have to wait for the singularity to recognize the problems or do something about them. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">bill w</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 12:01 AM, John Clark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><span><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Legionara </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:legionara@openmailbox.org" target="_blank">legionara@openmailbox.org</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span><br><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 style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>Take from the rich and give to the poor and everybody is poor.<br></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div><font size="4"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">As Bob Dylan would say </div>The Times They Are A-Changin'<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> ; not surprising I suppose as we approach the Singularity. 3 examples: </div></font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">1) Slogans that I myself would have spouted until very recently no longer make sense to me.</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">2) Due to the advance of technology, for the first time in human history it is no longer a economic necessity that somebody be poor.</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">3) Strict adherence to classical libertarian dogma, will lead to the collapse of civilization </font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><font size="4">And if you think these 3 changes in thought are <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">all </div>that will be necessary in the future then you just don't understand what a meat grinder the Singularity will be. Flexibility will be essential for survival and these are just the first 3 baby steps. <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div></font></div><div><font size="4"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><br></div></font></div><div><font size="4"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> John K Clark</div></font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div></div></div></div>
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