Comments on: Small investors get another nanotech option…sort of http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2264 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jake Witmer http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2264#comment-23019 Jake Witmer Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:17:03 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2264#comment-23019 Hmmm. You'd be better off investing time and money in an intelligently organized libertarian movement in Alaska. If you want nanotech proper to produce mass wealth (as opposed to mass death), you need a free (libertarian, objectivist) country first. Read "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" "The Ominous Parallels" "No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority" "Atlas Shrugged" "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" "Freedom's Fall in Hong Kong" etc... What artilect (created by a nanotech singularity) would tolerate all the silly rules we've made that violate individual rights? Answer: none. It might contrl us, it might ignore us. If an ignorant government (and they all are) attacks it (initiates force), it WILL retaliate (as all super-fit organisms do). It would be like a hornet's nest attacking a man with a flamethrower. If however, an artilect is born into a free society, it might choose to compete voluntarily and eschew force. This would be a better way to give a superior intellignece what it wants. That way, we don't necessarily need to part with our lives. Just a suggestion. -Jake Hmmm. You’d be better off investing time and money in an intelligently organized libertarian movement in Alaska.

If you want nanotech proper to produce mass wealth (as opposed to mass death), you need a free (libertarian, objectivist) country first. Read “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” “The Ominous Parallels” “No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority” “Atlas Shrugged” “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal” “Freedom’s Fall in Hong Kong” etc…

What artilect (created by a nanotech singularity) would tolerate all the silly rules we’ve made that violate individual rights? Answer: none. It might contrl us, it might ignore us. If an ignorant government (and they all are) attacks it (initiates force), it WILL retaliate (as all super-fit organisms do).

It would be like a hornet’s nest attacking a man with a flamethrower. If however, an artilect is born into a free society, it might choose to compete voluntarily and eschew force. This would be a better way to give a superior intellignece what it wants. That way, we don’t necessarily need to part with our lives.

Just a suggestion.

-Jake

]]> By: Eric T. http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2264#comment-21316 Eric T. Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:06:03 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2264#comment-21316 It's kind of sad--I've been intending to invest in nanotechnology for quite some time, but I keep procrastinating on the research. I suppose that's in part due to my fascination with the notional/theoretical aspects thereof, especially 30 or more years down the road. Nanopowders and nanocoatings just don't do it for me, I guess. I'm also very sensitive to the ethical aspects, so when I do get around to investing, I'll need to thoroughly research all aspects of the companies in which I'll invest. As a result, I'm less inclined to go for a blanket organization like the abovementioned. But, as you (Christine) said, it may still be a great (financially profitable, I assume) investment. It’s kind of sad–I’ve been intending to invest in nanotechnology for quite some time, but I keep procrastinating on the research. I suppose that’s in part due to my fascination with the notional/theoretical aspects thereof, especially 30 or more years down the road. Nanopowders and nanocoatings just don’t do it for me, I guess. I’m also very sensitive to the ethical aspects, so when I do get around to investing, I’ll need to thoroughly research all aspects of the companies in which I’ll invest. As a result, I’m less inclined to go for a blanket organization like the abovementioned. But, as you (Christine) said, it may still be a great (financially profitable, I assume) investment.

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