TheOtherDave comments on As an upload, would you join the society of full telepaths/empaths? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 16 October 2013 12:27:11AM 3 points [-]

Given all of the degrees of freedom that the scenario implies, these guys chose to replicate early-21st-century society with all their limitations? That suggests either a near-pathological lack of creativity, or a degree of attachment to my current society that feels unhealthy to me.

Admittedly, it's just a prejudice on my part, but you asked what I would do...

Comment author: kalium 16 October 2013 12:52:32AM 0 points [-]

"normal mundane human society" has looked like a lot of different things. OP never specified a particular version.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 16 October 2013 01:41:54AM 2 points [-]

I took "your [..] society" to mean my society, but this is also why I gave two answers, depending on whether it actually meant my society or not.