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"The biggest blunder, however, is that no one in the book imagines using antigrav tech on Earth."
My response is that the Earth governments are deep in the grip of Keynesianism / technophobia >>
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3/ Some of the villains are the paper pushers at "The Bureau of Sustainable Research", who suppress R&D (including by use of "Great Firewall of China" technology, which is only briefly alluded to) because of twin fears of (a) hard takeoff AI (b) automation killing jobs
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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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5/ Re "Corcoran messes this up a bit by adding two more magic techs: one superintelligent AI, and a few dozen smarter-than-human dogs. Oh and the same small group implausibly happens to be responsible for saving all three magic tech from destruction." ...
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6/ The Aristillus expats only invented one technology: antigravity AI and & Dogs were both fruit of hundreds, if not thousands, of researchers on Earth. Details are spelled out in the prequel short story "The Team", but the two distinct technologies were both under BuSuR edict
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7/ So one small group happening to save two technologies is as implausible as one set of bank robbers happening to get BOTH a brick of cash AND the contents of a bunch of safety deposit boxes. The correlation is baked into the universe; not uncorrelated dice throws.
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ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Robin Hanson
8/ Valid objection! Yes, it seems plausible that the Earth governments would want to benefit from AI. At the end of book 2, we see them salvage it. At the start of book 3 (as yet unreleased), we see them using it.https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1078394655119757316 …
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ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Robin Hanson
9/ Antigravity is developed in secret, by expats. Governments have no access to it in the novel... until at one point, they do, at which point they very very quickly exploit it.https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1078394784539201536 …
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ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Jacques de Molay, 15th Duke of Ozarka
10/ Limited edition release for the kickstarter. I believe 11 people have hard copies of it. It will be available again during the next kickstarter.https://twitter.com/RantinArkansan/status/1078394816147398657 …
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Replying to @MorlockP @robinhanson
Request: create a list of contacts who are willing to pay for that story alone. I am one but guarantee I won't remember if you email but will if I'm part of a scripted twitter DM blast. Only a request, but trying to maximise the odds of giving you money for a thing I want
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are you signed up for my mailing list? get on that and you'll miss nothing http://morlockpublishing.com/email-signup/
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Replying to @MorlockP @robinhanson
I explicitly said I'd miss an email. But I have open DMs and would be happy to opt in to receive one so I can exchange money for goods and services. That's why I made the request.
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