Re: [META] Re: Economic libertarianism [was Re: The first-to-market effect [WAS Re: [agi] Religion-free technical content]

2007-10-12 Thread Linas Vepstas
On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 01:22:26PM -0400, Richard Loosemore wrote: Am I the only one, or does anyone else agree that politics/political theorising is not appropriate on the AGI list? Yes, and I'm sorry I triggred the thread. I particularly object to libertarianism being shoved down our

Re: [META] Re: Economic libertarianism [was Re: The first-to-market effect [WAS Re: [agi] Religion-free technical content]

2007-10-11 Thread Bob Mottram
On 10/10/2007, Richard Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I the only one, or does anyone else agree that politics/political theorising is not appropriate on the AGI list? Agreed. There are many other forums where political ideology can be debated. - This list is sponsored by AGIRI:

Re: [META] Re: Economic libertarianism [was Re: The first-to-market effect [WAS Re: [agi] Religion-free technical content]

2007-10-11 Thread JW Johnston
I also agree except ... I think political and economic theories can inform AGI design, particularly in areas of AGI decision making and friendliness/roboethics. I wasn't familiar with the theory of Comparative Advantage until Josh and Eric brought it up. (Josh discusses in conjunction with

Re: [META] Re: Economic libertarianism [was Re: The first-to-market effect [WAS Re: [agi] Religion-free technical content]

2007-10-11 Thread a
Yes, I think that too. On the practical side, I think that investing in AGI requires significant tax cuts, and we should elect a candidate that would do that (Ron Paul). I think that the government has to have more respect to potential weapons (like AGI), so we should elect a candidate who is

[META] Re: Economic libertarianism [was Re: The first-to-market effect [WAS Re: [agi] Religion-free technical content]

2007-10-10 Thread Richard Loosemore
Am I the only one, or does anyone else agree that politics/political theorising is not appropriate on the AGI list? I particularly object to libertarianism being shoved down our throats, not so much because I disagree with it, but because so much of the singularity / extropian / futurist