<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">What does living in the real world at 1000 times the normal speed even mean? bill w </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 4:12 AM BillK 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">On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 at 09:30, efc--- via extropy-chat<br>
<<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Well, people are different. Some might, some might not. Unless upload is<br>
> forced, I don't really see the point of the question, since it will answer<br>
> itself eventually.<br>
><br>
> My _personal_ opinion is that I would enjoy the living in the real world,<br>
> seeing real, physical achievements, perhaps keeping in touch with<br>
> non-uploaded people, helping move non-uploaded humanity forward etc.<br>
><br>
> When I'm "bored" with it, I can then either terminate myself, or upload<br>
> myself to an semi-infinite and permanent happyland and live in my own<br>
> creation endlessly stimulating my pleasure circuits. ;)<br>
><br>
> Jokes aside, I think it would probably feel more dignified to just<br>
> terminate when I feel I'm done.<br>
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Yes, Uploading won't be forced. Unless there is a societal collapse,<br>
so that non-uploaded humanity finds survival to be more and more<br>
difficult due to population reduction.<br>
<br>
I don't see the uploads as a static population living in 'happy-land'. :)<br>
Due to much faster processing, they will evolve rapidly and become<br>
alien to non-uploaded humanity. Communication between real world and<br>
uploads will be impossible. Later uploads will need special procedures<br>
before they can be merged into the rapidly evolving upload society.<br>
We can't know what challenges and tasks will engage this alien<br>
society. Think of them as humanity after thousands of years of<br>
advancement and exploration.<br>
The uploads see the real world as frozen and unchanging.<br>
<br>
BillK<br>
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