4/ The rapid growth of the Aristillus is based on: * immigration (GDP measures productivity times population) * capital flight from Earth * removal of deadweight costs imposed by terrible regulations * selection effects: Aristillus attracts 10x performers
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15/ "Moon colonists should have..." Valid argument. "Earth folks should have". Less valid argument. The Earth folks in question were not capitalists; they were authoritarian politicians grasping at short-term results. >>>https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1078396581781667841 …
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16/ FDR ** should ** have had different policies, but he DIDN'T. So too in my novels, where the POTUS ** should ** have done things differently. But, again, once the secret is out / open-sourced we should expect to see more applications (and will!). cc
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17/ Anyway,
@robinhanson , I truly appreciate you taking the time to read my novels. I've been enjoying your work for years, and I'm thrilled that you read a bit of mine. Thanks so much - and thanks for not pulling punches. I'd expect no less / appreciate the rigor!Show this thread -
18/ Agreed! But absence of proof is not proof of absence. And by "proof", I mean "presence in the text of the book". The story spans 1,300 pages...and it focused specifically on one story line (lunar rebellion). Other fascinating facets are pruned.https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1078419294386618368 …
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19/ There are tons of other facets that do not fit in the core narrative that I have already / am now / plan to continue fleshing out in short stories. The plan is to write ~30 stories, collected into three books: Before Aristillus, During Aristillus, and After Aristillus.
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20/ Exactly! But, when I do write a short story about people using the open sourced AG drive to smuggle across national borders, you can be sure that one of the characters will be named "Hanson". :) https://twitter.com/teachbarefoot/status/1078421805570969601 …
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