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It's occurring to me that this whole bizarre scenario, which implies that capitalism will last long enough for us to develop "ems", could be read as a Swiftian allegory for how absurd the exploitation of a much more numerous and (in most practical respects) "skilled" working class by a ruling class of capitalists actually is. If this isn't satire, I do wonder where Eliezer's getting his criteria for "historically realistic" :^)

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Johnicolas,

The framework of 'niches' encompasses variation in idiosyncratic specialization, and pure benefits of cognitive diversity. The benefits of specialization and diversity mean that there will be many niches, but will not protect against turnover in those niches.

jb,

Yes, em populations might be located on physically isolated hardware as a means of social control, although boxing without monitoring might lead to regrets.

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