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There's a positive element to this: It allows us to build parallel invite-only economies, because people will actually want to be part of them because the Mainstream Economy has increasingly the vibes of a public school cafeteria. Building invite-only underground economies is great because as they become more relevant, the mainstream economy loses valuable customers and has to close down, leaving a desert for those who are not welcome.

@cjd @teto Nukes are like the atheist's Second Coming, yes they would solve all problems but we have no way of affecting them. There is also a game-theoretic proscription against them, as those who have them stand to lose the most from using them.
>Israel about to get overrun
>Nukes Europe
>Jews are now homeless and abhorred
You see why this is a horrible idea. It's like the "nukes/moon landing aren't real" camp, yes they are real, but only so niche applicable they might as well not be real and nothing much would change.

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Yeah, Sampson Option would indeed probably backfire quite badly. But I wouldn't be startled if some way or another, nuclear weapons did end up getting deployed - when you have so much game theory going on, it only takes one moment for one participant to suddenly be in a situation where they think the button makes sense.

IMO atheist's Second Coming is more like "decentralized online reputation makes it so NOBODY can get away with anything anymore"...