Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 December 2010 10:34:22AM 10 points [-]

I can't help but ask whether you've ever found this advice personally useful, and if so, how.

Comment author: Nentuaby 18 December 2010 02:12:32AM 6 points [-]

A much more concrete example is cloud computing. Granted, computers don't "think," but it's a close enough analogy.

You must always keep in mind that there is no magic "cloud"- only concrete machines that other people own and keep hidden from you. People who might have very different ideas than you on such matters, as for example, privacy rights.