On Mar 15, 2007, at 11:24 PM, John Ku wrote:
Another concern it would make sense to have though, would be that although the singularity would probably benefit a great deal of people, it is not clear how much it would immediately benefit those who are most in need. (Hopefully, it would at least not make them any worse off immediately.) If anything like Rawls's political theory of justice is right, our first priority (politically at least) should be to try to help those who are currently worst off. Thus, if that is one's priorities, it might still make sense to concentrate on more direct efforts to help the global poor.
A rising tide floats all ships and this is one mother of a tide! For sure without MNT at a minimum there is no way whatsoever that everyone in the world can enjoy at least the standard of living you and I do, much less make the world less environmentally challenged in the process. I some times see that the justification for massive wealth differentials is that those that have figure out how everyone can have as much or more and make it so.
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