‘maximising paperclips’
Since you want a non-LWian audience, make that “maximising the number of paperclips in the universe”, otherwise the meaning might be unclear.
Although, his point would still hold if the reader was imagining the goal of making extremely large paperclips.
Since you want a non-LWian audience, make that “maximising the number of paperclips in the universe”, otherwise the meaning might be unclear.
Although, his point would still hold if the reader was imagining the goal of making extremely large paperclips.