Re: Uplift Parity: was Notes on Uplift

2004-01-10 Thread Trent Shipley
On Friday 2004-01-09 03:46, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Trent Shipley wrote: There are two sorts of instability. One level of instability is at the level of the lineage. The other is the stablity of the inter-species political order. Moderate or serious disparities in wealth curves mean

Re: Uplift Parity: was Notes on Uplift

2004-01-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Trent Shipley wrote: There are two sorts of instability. One level of instability is at the level of the lineage. The other is the stablity of the inter-species political order. Moderate or serious disparities in wealth curves mean that a lot of lineages die out. Having lineages die out

Uplift Parity: was Notes on Uplift

2004-01-07 Thread Trent Shipley
On Wednesday 2003-12-24 06:22, Alberto Monteiro wrote: If we want 1MY mean life-spans, then 11% clients and 5% patrons might provide for interesting but not grossly inequitble politics consistent with existing sources on the Uplift Universe. Uh? I picked 11% I got the 11%. I didn't