See "Individualism and the Western Liberal Tradition <https://www.amazon.com/Individualism-Western-Liberal-Tradition-Evolutionary/dp/1089691483>" for why there will be a civil war in the near future that may well destroy Western Civilization (at least as we know it).
Capture of network effects is the opiate of the elites. The opiated elites can afford short-term profligacy such as paying a low cost per line of code in defiance of Solomonoff Induction, and, being opiated, they pay that price. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T8eabd59f2f06cc50-M8bb7a4d7c59804b9b7307ccf Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
