<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 2:58 PM Anton Sherwood <<a href="mailto:bronto@pobox.com">bronto@pobox.com</a>> wrote:</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">On 2024-11-21 09:57, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:<br>
> Those aside, yes, most of the talk about "ethics" in practice is about, <br>
> "how dare that person take personal sovereignty over something that we <br>
> are the self-appointed experts and masters of."<br>
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Imagine applying a consent standard to matters other than sex!<br>
Our world as we know it could crumble.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>More to the point: if one needed to obtain consent from every party who claims to need to give consent. Ordinary rent-seekers ("you didn't pay me for my okay for this specific instance") would just be the start of the problems; evolved forms might require all manner of other compensation ("you need to vote my preferred candidate into office"/"you need to post on social media affirming our position"/etc.), and then there's merely tracking down everyone who will have their hands out - which act of tracking will likely inspire some to put their hands out, encouraging people to keep these activities secret (with all the problems that results in).</div></div></div>