I just joined LW and this is my first comment. It all feels fairly intimidating as I’ve only skimmed AI to Zombies, but I like to think of myself as a fairly smart kid, though I may be in over my head here. Anyway, I just think this is a really cool idea. I’ve thought about this a lot in terms of a general unifying economic model. I tend to be a big picture thinker so I don’t have as much to say about the technical stuff. I think in general such a combination of utilities and the consideration of these utilities should rely very heavily on psychological components and I think would be best of combined maybe in a dynamic system. As a start it may be best to think of this in terms of a small society on a deserted island and map out some of the resources, psychological profiles, goals, etc.
Also I took a class on socialism in college when I was thinking about this stuff. I was curious about the Cambridge Capital Controversy and asked my professor if anyone had a definite answer to it. He referred me to a book by economist, Ian Steedman, “Consumption Takes Time: Implications for Economic Theory,” which at first glance seems to be possibly relevant and at the very least interesting. I haven’t gotten the chance to read it but would still like to.
Anyway, that’s just me spitballing. I know I can be a bit hard to follow and all over the place, but my hope is getting involved on a forum like this might help me with that. Very cool topic though!
I just joined LW and this is my first comment. It all feels fairly intimidating as I’ve only skimmed AI to Zombies, but I like to think of myself as a fairly smart kid, though I may be in over my head here. Anyway, I just think this is a really cool idea. I’ve thought about this a lot in terms of a general unifying economic model. I tend to be a big picture thinker so I don’t have as much to say about the technical stuff. I think in general such a combination of utilities and the consideration of these utilities should rely very heavily on psychological components and I think would be best of combined maybe in a dynamic system. As a start it may be best to think of this in terms of a small society on a deserted island and map out some of the resources, psychological profiles, goals, etc.
Also I took a class on socialism in college when I was thinking about this stuff. I was curious about the Cambridge Capital Controversy and asked my professor if anyone had a definite answer to it. He referred me to a book by economist, Ian Steedman, “Consumption Takes Time: Implications for Economic Theory,” which at first glance seems to be possibly relevant and at the very least interesting. I haven’t gotten the chance to read it but would still like to.
Anyway, that’s just me spitballing. I know I can be a bit hard to follow and all over the place, but my hope is getting involved on a forum like this might help me with that. Very cool topic though!