Through most of history it was seen as utopian to give everyone access to cornucopias that give them much more of stuff they want.https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/925710482538934272 …
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Replying to @robinhanson
Sounds false? Christians would’ve called it satanic, and I expect Plato would’ve found something to be offended by.
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Replying to @ESYudkowsky
Ancients would have been offended only from people getting more of what they want in certain specific categories like sex. Not outside that.
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Replying to @robinhanson
I think that’s just plain false? People have always been offended by other people having things.
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Replying to @ESYudkowsky
Even if individuals are envious of neighbors who get more, still most would long grant that a world where all get more is more heaven-like.
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Replying to @robinhanson
People considering such a world go into far mode and what they say is determined by who the world is affiliated with. Heaven good, corps bad
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Replying to @ESYudkowsky
But once real Gods rule corps, people can go back to seeing what corps make as heavens, right?
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Depends who the gods are affiliated with, natch
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