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In other words, "We should never have invented that damn cotton gin."

All evidence supports the idea that this kind of research will lead to improved quality of life for practically everyone.




What evidence is there that superhumans will lead to "improved quality of life"? Even though you are just dispensing snark, I am glad you used this example so I could show what I meant. "we should never have invented that damn cotton gin" said the cotton pickers. "we should never have invented those damn superhumans" said the humans. What is being outsourced is the entire spectrum of human ability by what is essentially another species and not just machines that we are fundamentally in control of or own.


Good. I look forward to doing more interesting things with my additional free time.




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