[FRIAM] Future Generating Machines...

[Marcus Daniels]

It may be necessary or even Good that these machines aim to control, but it can also be good to find ways to beat them.   They are dealing with the common cases.   Being a common case may in fact make one happy as you say.   Conservatives are said to be happier than liberals, right?    

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Yes, therein lies the rub, the ever-present dissonance between objectives at one scale and objectives at another scale. As a small business owner, my experience with governments is nothing but pain, much like trying to get my old, fat body out into the freezing air to lift plates of literally cold iron ... or go jogging in the pouring, near-freezing, rain ... or take drugs that make me feel like I want to die in order to eliminate some "neoplasms" I can't even segment, myself, from the CT scan. But I do it, and support it, because I recognize the large-scale objectives.

E.g. WA's paid family leave is a pain in my @ss. And, presumably, I can opt out of it since all our employees are owners. But, can I actually opt out? Hm. It seems LLCs can but S-Corps can't? WTF? But do I *want* to opt out? No, not really. In principle, newly minted breeders (or those who care for family members, etc.) need support. And who will support them if there's no bureaucratic machine to do so? Philanthropy of people like Musk? I doubt it.

On 3/29/21 11:27 AM, Steve Smith wrote:
> I mostly notice this when *I*
> try to navigate these systems and get something done within their 
> "alternate reality"..  I'm much more patient/accepting of all that 
> than I was when I was more busy "trying to get things done".


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