The robotics era will truly begin the day universal access to painless euthanasia is recognized as a basic human right. With no more than a few “are you sure?” checks and a waiting period. The great tragedy of humans is that the average human is still worth something.
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Ironic that in Futurama, it is Bender the robot who keeps trying to commit suicide. In some ways he’s the proto Rick of Rick and Morty. Not a genius but that same division-by-void nihilist exuberance.
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Suicide taboos are a cultural implementation of an economic imperative. Paradoxically if average human were worth less than zero, those who chose life would have much better lives. Negative expectations of average human are sustainable in postscarcity. https://twitter.com/jameslongleyhq/status/1271535295993917446?s=21 …https://twitter.com/JamesLongleyHQ/status/1271535295993917446 …
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Cheery mood.
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