mircea_popescu: princessnell: i think it's bizarre to call it non-teleological personally << this opens up a large debate as to whether life has purpose. i happen to hold that it doesnt, which informs the choice of vocabulary. it'll have to be translated (apolitic ?) to avoid linking that dependency in there.

mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves: I also take issue with "perfect" << now we're getting to the knickers of it :D

mircea_popescu: i wasn't there.

mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves: i want to make sure i'm not inventing ideas someone else has already << the problem here is that you're looking at reading by the bookshelf, not by the book. there's an immense load and no directly obvious way to even systematize it. hayek tho may be a good start if you've not read him fully.

mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: i venture to guess that it is because the temptation to 'go retarded' (e.g. premine, insert 'egalitarian' crapola like demurrage, reward phriends, etc.) is overwhelming. << cattle lacks motivators outside of grass.

mircea_popescu: i never wore a shirt

mircea_popescu: <danielpbarron> i wish the miners would get in the WoT and sell directly to individuals like me with cash to send in the mail // some do << like most.

mircea_popescu: chetty: nothing wrong with that, but I always thought bitcoin was a she << i think that's the traditional view. Bitcoinia!

mircea_popescu: i gotta hand it to the mpex spook ux department : this setup i got here is eminently usable.

mircea_popescu: i stole a laptop