Ancient conversation on #sl4 (ran across it when checking my quotesfile):
<yed> brings up the important fear, of not knowing what to do when everything is easy, nothing to resist and conquer.
<outlawpoet> if people aren’t interested in intellectual pursuits, then they’ll sit on earth eating 95 billion potato chips a second and playing quake 9
<Michael^2> if not having problems around to solve turns out to be a problem, then that problem too will quickly be solved
<Michael^2> existential dead ends only happen when someone’s imagination runs out
<outlawpoet> yed, are you just trying find the downside to solving all major human problems, or what?
<outlawpoet> people don’t really like pain.
<outlawpoet> removing it won’t make them unhappy.
<yed> outlaw, did you read prime-intellect?
<outlawpoet> yeah. I read ender’s game too, should i be afraid of insectoid aliens?
Ancient conversation on #sl4 (ran across it when checking my quotesfile):
<yed> brings up the important fear, of not knowing what to do when everything is easy, nothing to resist and conquer. <outlawpoet> if people aren’t interested in intellectual pursuits, then they’ll sit on earth eating 95 billion potato chips a second and playing quake 9 <Michael^2> if not having problems around to solve turns out to be a problem, then that problem too will quickly be solved <Michael^2> existential dead ends only happen when someone’s imagination runs out <outlawpoet> yed, are you just trying find the downside to solving all major human problems, or what? <outlawpoet> people don’t really like pain. <outlawpoet> removing it won’t make them unhappy. <yed> outlaw, did you read prime-intellect? <outlawpoet> yeah. I read ender’s game too, should i be afraid of insectoid aliens?