On 4 September 2014 14:06, Stephen Paul King <stephe...@provensecure.com> wrote:
> OTOH, becoming capable of exploiting computational resources that are > "free" (note the scare quotes) is always optimal. If one can obtain > solutions to problem without having to use up one's own resources is always > a "good thing" (for the Overlords at least). > > If you mean the Overlords in "Childhood's End" they were (fairly) benevolent, they ended all wars and brought about a near-utopia. Of course it didn't last, because the ultimate aim of the Overmind was to have the human race join it. If you mean the Overmind, when you're absorbed you become part of its resources (and get proportionally represented in its decision making, etc). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
