I support that 'meritocracy' post, but now I've got no structure to my belief that incompetent morons shouldn't be in positions of power.
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@warrenm the goal is admirable, but difficult to see how to do that until we magically become a post scarcity reality/ planet. (so unlikely)
@cartazio Yeah, I've been doing some musing on post-scarcity lately, and it's probably made me a bit idealistic.
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@warrenm then we can attack the society bit. Btw the banks culture books give an interesting view of what post scarcity could look like. -
@cartazio Should I start from the beginning, or is there a stand-out book on this topic? -
@warrenm it's fun sci fi. Have you read any hard sci fi post singularity novels? -
@cartazio Not enough. I've read Yudkowsky's "Three Worlds Collide", if that fits your criteria. -
@warrenm that's like a blog article almost -
@cartazio It's almost 60 pages long, pardon my attention span. -
@warrenm isn't it a long blog entry though?
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@warrenm let me know when yah got that fusion reactor and the printer that can make an iPhone from the elements.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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