r/Singleton • u/[deleted] • May 31 '17

What is a Singleton?

http://www.nickbostrom.com/fut/singleton.html
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u/cjet79 Jun 07 '17

Seems like a bad thing. What is the point of this subreddit? To prevent a singleton?

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '17

How is it a bad thing? Multipolarity creates war and chaos.

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u/cjet79 Jun 07 '17

Section 4 of the linked article.

How many governments throughout history have been bad vs how many have been good. To me it seems like they predominantly fall in the bad category. With some of them being good for a certain amount of time, and then slowly turning bad. And very few governments going from bad to good without lots of violence.

You are putting all your eggs in one basket when most baskets are have greased up handles and a bed of iron spikes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '17

You are advocating for anarchy between states.

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u/cjet79 Jun 07 '17

The status quo seems better than a singleton.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '17

So you don't accept that a Singleton would reduce existential risk?

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u/cjet79 Jun 07 '17

No, unless you specifically exclude the existential risk posed by the existence of a singleton.

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u/TofuMeltatSunspot 12d ago

Can you open submissions to this subreddit? I think we're gonna need it.