[extropy-chat] Sustainability philosophy as a justification forexistence

[Jef Allbright]

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- Jef


> Spike wrote:
> 
> > You see a list
> > of processes, most of which you didn't ask for and don't know
anything
> > about, and are not working for you.  In a very real sense, those
> processes
> > are competing with each other for run time.  Some mysterious process
> in
> > the
> > operating system is deciding which process gets the cycles, without
> > consulting you, even tho you are paying the power bill.  Some of
those
> > processes may be viruses or inadvertently downloaded advertising.
> This is
> > very much in line with my understanding of evolution.