Stuart_Armstrong comments on Just another day in utopia - Less Wrong

78 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 25 December 2011 09:37AM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 25 December 2011 09:40:34AM 12 points [-]

I think his point was more that any plausible utopia would be scary, because it would be different.

But a story to convince people that utopias can actually be interesting places to live in is not the place to bring up all the scary parts...

Comment author: FiftyTwo 28 December 2011 02:57:47AM 1 point [-]

The obvious direction to take the scary factor is the level of free choice they have, if I want to turn off all pain, take drugs or wire-head whats to stop me? IT seems the machines facilitate all human desires.