If you believe in infinite RSI, then the future is a never-ending Red Queen race.

· Bits and Bobs 8/31/26
  • If you believe in infinite RSI, then the future is a never-ending Red Queen race.
    • Every human needs to use the most powerful agents they can to maintain an edge against competitors.
    • If you give up, you fall behind, and become the "permanent underclass."
    • In a Red Queen race, the participants can put infinite energy into standing still on relative terms.
    • This world is, inescapably, a Hobbesian Hellscape.
    • We're already in a version of this world due to late-stage capitalism, but this would run it 1000x times hotter.
    • I prefer to figure out prosocial ways for infinite software to help humanity thrive.

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