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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.

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@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.
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"...