I’m a bit conflicted on the subject of death penalty. I do agree with the view some solution is needed for incorrigible cases where you just don’t want that person out in general society. But I honestly don’t know if killing them versus imprisoning them for life is more or less humane. In terms of steelmanning the case I think one might explore this avenue. Which is the cruelest punishment?
But I would also say one needs to consider alternatives to either prison or death. Historically it was not unheard of to exile criminals to near impossible to escape locations—Australia possibly being a best example.
In the medium-term reduced-scarcity future, the answer is: lock them into a VR/experience-machine pod.
edit: sorry, misspoke. In this future, humans are ALREADY mostly in these pods. Criminals or individuals who can’t behave in a shared virtual space simply get firewalled into their own sandbox by the AI. Or those behaviors are shadowbanned—the perpetrator experiences them, the victim doesn’t.
I’m a bit conflicted on the subject of death penalty. I do agree with the view some solution is needed for incorrigible cases where you just don’t want that person out in general society. But I honestly don’t know if killing them versus imprisoning them for life is more or less humane. In terms of steelmanning the case I think one might explore this avenue. Which is the cruelest punishment?
But I would also say one needs to consider alternatives to either prison or death. Historically it was not unheard of to exile criminals to near impossible to escape locations—Australia possibly being a best example.
Where on this planet could the USA cheaply put people instead of executing them where they
Have the option to survive if they try
Can’t escape
Can’t cause harm to non-exiled people?
In the medium-term reduced-scarcity future, the answer is: lock them into a VR/experience-machine pod.
edit: sorry, misspoke. In this future, humans are ALREADY mostly in these pods. Criminals or individuals who can’t behave in a shared virtual space simply get firewalled into their own sandbox by the AI. Or those behaviors are shadowbanned—the perpetrator experiences them, the victim doesn’t.
A fenced-off city that will inevitably be compared to a Holocaust ghetto.