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Roman S Shapoval's avatar

AI is jealous of humanity, and is trying to hard. Great quote.

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Greta Good's avatar

Rules but no Ruler may seem a long way away right now, but it is not so far from what we our societies have aspired to and grown towards in the past.

Common (natural) law is a long run working out of the rules of society, of what we may not do to others and thereby live peacefully and cooperatively with our neighbours; it is not a series of positive injunctions; nor does it support those (rulers) who would issue edicts and regulations to us. It is being suffocated in an explosion of state power and control.

We are facing totalitarianism: we need to turn away and take the path to the ever smaller state, which is the path that leads to freedom.

Just as we can be our own doctor so we can be our own ruler. A big bang would be nice, but one step at a time stripping away pretty much everything the state has taken upon itself will get us there.

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