Given that jacob_cannell is talking about food and housing, I don't think he has the ems scenario in mind.
I am not a big fan of ems, anyway -- I think this situation as described by Hanson is not stable.
Given that jacob_cannell is talking about food and housing, I don't think he has the ems scenario in mind.
The scenario I think he has in mind is one in which there are both biological humans and ems; he identifies more with the biological humans, and he worries that the biological humans are going to have trouble surviving because they will be outcompeted by the ems.
(I'm pretty skeptical about Hansonian ems too, for what it's worth.)
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