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Re: The value of environmental assets (was Re: not sure what to call this)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:23:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Simon Bennett writes:
If you had placed Aboriginal Australians in
> the Fertile Crescent then they would have kicked off civilization.
> Unfortunately they got Australia which did not have the right resources,
> only when technology developed elsewhere was introduced was it possible to
> 'civilize' it. However, rather than give the Aborigines the technology the
> advanced society stole the resources from them.
Although this is wrong from a human point of view, genetically it is of
course correct. The genes of the conqueror's thrive more than those of the
aborignes.
> > The free market system may not be perfect in every way but there is no
> > utopia possible and there is no better system possible. No other system can
> > maximise happiness and freedom.
You could have a system administered by intelligent omnipotent robots tht
divide the spoils and tasks equally, with adjustments to compensate for
individual human frailty.
I was just thinking the other day. I don't think you could have a robot that
was equal or better than a human without it being sentinent.
Steve
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