tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post6552782580412033811..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: "Is Technological Responsibility Possible?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-35722315364013889702015-12-04T07:25:32.270-05:002015-12-04T07:25:32.270-05:00His proposition is that we are heading towards som...His proposition is that we are heading towards some massive shift in the world order due to the advance of technology, and that this will be destructive (an anti-singularity theory). He then gives a destiny based prediction of post-shift affairs, that international arms races won't be a factor due to the destruction caused by the shift. Then he lists how his preferred society would prevent technology having a negative effect on its native population.<br /><br />The thing about this guy's writing is that he is essentially an end-times political tactician (not end-times in the religious sense of that phrase). I've read a lot of his stuff before, and he never approaches politics with today in mind, he doesnt seem to care at all about today, only what might emerge tomorrow, which he plans for.Curt Cowsenhttp://cursen22.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-79192130304290204872015-11-28T13:56:25.680-05:002015-11-28T13:56:25.680-05:00*military robotics*military roboticsMindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-77425673644540390172015-11-28T13:55:43.684-05:002015-11-28T13:55:43.684-05:00His propositions are unfeasible either way. Consid...His propositions are unfeasible either way. Consider Google buying Boston Dynamics to stop researching military warfare. What would that achieve besides the U.S. losing the edge in the arms race?Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-26568044175003843252015-11-26T07:20:49.672-05:002015-11-26T07:20:49.672-05:00I think he stated that reactionary does not equal ...I think he stated that reactionary does not equal luddit, that was the entire point, was it not?Curt Cowsenhttp://cursen22.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-14963742178543678192015-11-25T14:58:44.717-05:002015-11-25T14:58:44.717-05:00The more things become decentralized the better it...The more things become decentralized the better it is for everyone.<br /><br />Competition between countries, however, is going to create things about which we cannot tell the future. And that, as always, is the problems.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-67768566476227666172015-11-25T14:50:52.852-05:002015-11-25T14:50:52.852-05:00Any technological innovation that allows individua...Any technological innovation that allows individuals and small, self-interested groups to take control of their own destiny is always a good thing. The fundamental conflict of our's, and any time, is liberty vs. tyranny. Decnetralization vs. centralization. Most of the new technologies, bio-engineering and 3-D printing for eaxmple, are inherently decentralizing. That Seattle woman who spent $250,000 of mostly her own money to develop two new gene therapies from scratch in order to cure herself of aging made clear that bio-engineering is an inherently garage-level DIY technology.kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-8197551647637937352015-11-25T13:44:59.073-05:002015-11-25T13:44:59.073-05:00And since when 'more regulation' stopped m...And since when 'more regulation' stopped meaning 'more trouble'?Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-10025690548662481932015-11-25T13:39:42.001-05:002015-11-25T13:39:42.001-05:00If reactionary equals Luddite, then reaction is as...If reactionary equals Luddite, then reaction is as much a failed movement as Luddites. I'd rather stick with accelerationists.Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.com