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...unless people want it to go slowly. It isn't a law of nature that things will go quickly. It seems likely that a more unified society will be able to progress as slowly as it wants to. There are plenty of proposals to throttle development - via "nannies" or other kinds of safety valve.
Insistence on a rapid takeoff arises from a position of technological determinism. It ignores sociological factors.
IMO, the "rapid takeoff" idea should probably be seen as a fundraising ploy. It's big, scary, and it could conceivably happen - just the kind of thing for stimulating donations.
It seems that SIAI would have more effective methods for fundraising, e.g. simply capitalizing on "Rah Singularity!". I therefore find this objection somewhat implausible.