[alicebot-aiethics] I just had a terrifying thought...
Tamara Thompson
alicebot-aiethics@list.alicebot.org
Wed, 19 Sep 2001 23:16:55 -0700
What if?
What if the death of 5K+ in the northeast last week
was due to the discrepantcy in economics, healthcare, education, etc in
other worlds? <I'm kinda misleading you, I've been worried about this
issue for a long time> But what if that's _all_ it's really about?
What would you say?
I've been postponing buying a 'first ever' new leather couch for over
two years now. It'll cost ~$2600+shipping. But I've looked everywhere,
it's the only one that I think would last structurally for a decade or
more, and design-wise, indefinitely. And I'm poor by our American
standards, but have saved the money.
How would you capitalists encourage me to go forward? I've thought a
lot about how that money would support an African family, or Chinese
family, for years, just food and basics. So you know what I'm saying,
how do we justify being so 'rich', even while we *feel* poor here?
Don't slam me before you think about it for a minute, I'm just like you,
trying to get ahead, trying to live this life. And usually swimming
upstream against a current.
And what would a christian bot say? Cause I've wondered that too.
well, I just felt compelled to ask that. Not sure why. Maybe your
'God' made me ask, maybe my 'God'. dunno.
Tamara