TheAncientGeek comments on That Magical Click - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 05 April 2014 03:14:09PM 2 points [-]

Waking up in a future society, where you don't know anyone, yours skills are useless, etc, is equivalent to exile, which is generally considered a punishment.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 05 April 2014 05:35:01PM 1 point [-]

Exile is only a punishment because it is worse than staying at home. When the alternative is being dead, most people will take exile, as demonstrated by refugees from war zones.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 05 April 2014 05:56:31PM 1 point [-]

Who stay with their families and compatriots.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 05 April 2014 06:15:46PM *  0 points [-]

Who stay with their families and compatriots.

If they can. And with enough signed up, the same may be true of those taking the long sleep.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 05 April 2014 06:46:31PM 0 points [-]

But there is nothing they can do to exert any control over that.