Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 11, 2020If 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?22881
muddletoes@muddletoes·Nov 11, 2020Replying to @vgrCan I abstract my paperclip? The world would be a better place if nobody lived in fear. It's not even close.11
muddletoes@muddletoes·Nov 11, 2020Replying to @vgrNo fair. Yours was allowed infinitely diverse informational content within a putative formal and material constraint.11
muddletoes@muddletoes·Nov 11, 2020Replying to @vgrWell I'm going to go eat some burgers about life within the hollow earth at the Flash Gordon versus the Cybermen Episode Fifteen mall.1