<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Also, expect Nigerian princes to have perfect spelling and grammar when <br>
they are trying to scam you these days, even if they don't use a deep <br>
fake of your son asking you for money.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Maybe in the future, but most of the low-grade scams like that I've seen have still been readily identifiable.</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">Secondly assume that in an AI-related emergency, the government might <br>
cut power to large sections of the grid to thwart a runaway AI. So <br>
having generators, non-perishable food, water supply, etc. might be a <br>
good idea.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That's a good idea even aside from AI. Natural disasters still happen.</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">Thirdly plan on Universal Basic Income or massive civil unrest, with not <br>
much in between.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>People keep promising massive civil unrest. Now that conditions are here which should generate it, I'm seeing a lot of nothing on that front. Complaints, sure. Increased vitriol and hate, sure. But actually going out on the street and doing something? The Floyd protests did a lot more than what's going on now.</div><div><br></div><div>I heard of one political tracker who'd had an ear for what animal represents the major political parties. For years, Democrats had been likened to turtles or other slow, plodding creatures. Now they're being likened to deer in headlights: they see trouble incoming, and are seen to be just standing there and letting it happen.</div></div></div>