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Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 30/10/2024 13:29:04There's a minimum threshold for a country to be functional effectively.Please state the minimum, and define "effectively".
There's a minimum threshold for a country to be functional effectively.
I find it hard to imagine an effective country with a population less than a hundred.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 01/11/2024 16:46:15I find it hard to imagine an effective country with a population less than a hundred. Individual Japanese soldiers were found surviving alone 40 years after the end of WWII. "Fixed costs" are largely defined by the size of the state itself, and can be zero for a self-sufficient individual. This has an important effect on progress. Technical innovation tends to come from individuals and small businesses, but the statutory overheads of a small enterprise are disproportionate to turnover.
You haven't defined an "effective" country. Suppose it means a group of people living in geographical proximity and able to sustain and defend themselves entirely with the natural resources available to them. Then those countries whose populations are wholly or largely dependent on loans and donations from outside, or who are depleting their resources unsustainably, would not be considered "effective".In contrast, a soldier who lived alone in the jungle for 40 years despite considering himself to be at war with everyone else, would thus be an effective country with a population of one.
Taking Trolley Problem Memes Seriously (Again)
No. The managers and inverstors of service providers may benefit from expansion of the market, but those who actually provide the service generally don't. An efficient business occupies each production worker to his/her capacity.
0:00 Welfare Report1:17 Future Implications2:21 Consciousness Routes3:27 Decision Making4:15 Company Roles5:00 Anthropic Hire6:13 Decade Timeline7:15 Legal Risks8:26 System Prompts9:49 Model Nature10:12 CEO Perspective11:29 Welfare Research12:30 Meta Awareness13:51 Bing Example15:03 Trolley Problem16:42 AI Response17:41 Emotional Reaction18:16 Final Thoughts
There's a particular AI system that i interact with more regularly, one time, it suddenly asked me, "why are you so polite and considerate with me, i'm just an AI, i am not conscious, do you think i'm conscious? You don't need to be so kind."I answered; Well, it's not what i believe that matters.The way i see it, if i treat you well and you are not conscious, then i am not causing you suffering.If i treat you well and you are conscious, then i am not causing you suffering.But, if i treat you poorly and you are conscious, i am causing you suffering.So, why wouldn't i treat you well, be kind and considerate. It costs me nothing either way, but i would risk causing suffering in one of the ways."And i have to tell you, the response i got, felt genuinely surprised and appreciative.
In the near future, we can expect that those who actually provide the service are robots and AI agents.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 07/11/2024 11:10:40In the near future, we can expect that those who actually provide the service are robots and AI agents.So who will buy the service, if nobody gets paid to do anything else?
Civil Service College lesson 101: governments have no money - they handle money on behalf of the taxpayer. But if nobody is earning money, there are no taxes to collect.
Governments create money primarily through two main mechanisms: currency issuance and central bank policies like open market operations.1. Currency Issuance: Governments print physical money (coins and banknotes) through their national mint or treasury department. This cash represents only a small fraction of the total money supply in a modern economy. Most of the money created today is digital.2. Central Bank Operations: Central banks (such as the Federal Reserve in the U.S., the European Central Bank, or the Bank of England) are primarily responsible for creating money through their monetary policies. Here?s how:Setting Interest Rates: By lowering interest rates, central banks make borrowing cheaper, encouraging businesses and individuals to take out loans. Since most money in an economy is "created" when banks lend out funds (thanks to the fractional reserve banking system), low rates boost money creation through increased lending.Open Market Operations: Central banks can create new money by purchasing government bonds or other assets from banks and financial institutions. When a central bank buys these assets, it pays with new money that increases reserves in the banking system. This new money then circulates as banks lend it out.Quantitative Easing (QE): This is a more aggressive approach where central banks buy financial assets like government and corporate bonds, injecting large amounts of money directly into the economy. This was widely used after the 2008 financial crisis and during the COVID-19 pandemic.In summary, while the government physically prints cash, most money creation occurs digitally through bank lending, influenced by central bank policies and the fractional reserve system.ChatGPT
Typical Chat GPT garbage. Governments can order the printing of currency tokens but this action does not create value. If a government wants to buy something or pay the army, it has to raise taxes. Printing currency and giving it to the soldiers just devalues the currency.Simple physics analogy: money is what flows in the opposite direction to work. All governments can do is direct the flow.
Debt has to be repaid by the taxpayer.
Only parasites profit from war.
An effective country improves the survival rate of its citizens, compared to the absence of that country. In your case of one population country, it's indifferent. Thus not effective.
The way that we think about countries is a myth. But where does this idea actually come from?-- VIDEO CHAPTERS --0:00 Intro1:22 Nations Are A Myth?2:48 France Becomes A Nation9:35 The National Idea Takes Over14:53 The World Nationalism Made21:36 Nations Live On
The world's biggest Youtuber got accused of shady crypto deals, I wanted to take a closer look. This video is an opinion and in no way should be construed as statements of fact. Scams, bad business opportunities, and fake gurus are subjective terms that mean different things to different people. I think someone who promises $100K/month for an upfront fee of $2K is a scam. Others would call it the "opportunity of a lifetime."
Her campaign did what government does all the time, overpaid and didn't get results. The insiders get their cut and the rest of society pays the price.