<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 12:32 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></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">Empire implies a ruler. Is that the goal? To populate an empire and<br>
then rule over those conscious beings?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Remember that he can design them. Did he create them such that they actively want his rule - that loyalty to his empire is embedded in their souls? Or is he more of a coordinator, "ruler" mostly in name but delegating the bothersome details to robots programmed to prioritize the well being of those they make and enforce laws for?</div></div></div>