<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"><div class="gmail_quote" style=""><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Even if they're pure as the driven snow, the time will come that the temptation becomes too great. Dave</div><font color="#888888" style=""><div style=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i><b>And I agree. Since evolution is far too slow and altering our own genes is likewise, I think that what has to happen to get a functional, honest government is to develop AI to the point where it can run things (they do just fine in my sci fi novels!). Quis ipsos custodes custodiet, you say? Who will guard the guardians (which in this case will be the programmers)? That's one I cannot answer. </b></i></font></div><div style=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i><b><br></b></i></font></div><div style=""><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i><b>Which taxes to lower/raise? Which street to pave next? Who gets on the committee to change the flag? All done by a neutral AI. Comments?</b></i></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">bill w</div></font></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 5:34 PM Dave Sill via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 4:27 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">If fairly high, then we think alike. What kind of government can stop this? Probably none.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The only way to limit corruption is to limit power. The Constitution tried and failed to do that.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">So let's find out how to elect people we can trust. If they had a totally pure record of honesty etc., can we trust them? </span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No. Even if they're pure as the driven snow, the time will come that the temptation becomes too great.</div><div><br></div><div>-Dave</div></div></div>
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