If I had to top-down optimize civilization to maximize output of one thing, it would be rate of production of good light science fiction, where good is my personal opinion.
What's your paperclip utility function?
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Periods of prolific production of good science fiction have generally coincided with periods of robust expansion of the middle classes. And my definition of 'good' is generally middlebrow, widely popular stuff. Not connoisseur bullshit haute scifi.
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Can I abstract my paperclip? The world would be a better place if nobody lived in fear. It's not even close.
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high quality quote tweets - a measure of people reading other people’s work and introducing it to other people in relevant context. Kind of like a pagerank type thing. Hypertextuality
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Have you read The Lathe Of Heaven? Imagining what the world would look like if that sci-fi utility function were fed into an “effective dream”
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Curiosity maximization. Social production of Darwin-style naturalists or Bucky-Fuller-style tinkers. Universal basic science-hobbyism.
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