And its 75% and not 95% not because we lack the resources or the
production capacity but because distribution is based on purchasing
power and not on what is possible/feasible from a scientific/technical
point of view. So this is rather an argument against the free market.
Also ask a victim of foreclosure if he/she is happy because she owns a
mobile phone?
I don't think that many people out there understand the difference the
socioeconomic model makes when approaching the singularity. We will
never know but i can imagine that there is a thousandfold higher
existential risk present in a competitive framework full of
socioeconomic asymmetries.
On 01/08/2013 01:57 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote:
75% of the world population has a cell phone.
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