[ExI] Belief in Market Efficiency

[Damien Broderick]

At 09:04 PM 1/31/2009 -0700, JG wrote:

>Humans as docile house cats and the A.I. we create as the tigers 
>that keep us in line?  A sad thought...  But I suppose a society 
>like the one Iain M. Banks envisioned is really not so bad.
>
>In fact, it very much appeals to me.

The Culture's humanoids, docile as house cats?--Bwahahahaha. As 
docile as tigers that humans keep in line, maybe.

Try (re?)reading USE OF WEAPONS or MATTER and see how that equation holds up...

Damien Broderick