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@jwcph @pluralistic Speaking of paperclip maximisers, I've long suspected that Asimov's true target with his Three Rules of Robotics wasn't robots per se but private enterprise.

It'd be ... interesting ... to have an incorporation statute which ... incorporated those rules of behaviour.

#ThreeLawsOfRobotics #corporations #IsaacAsimov

Sigh. Backed another one. backerkit.com/c/projects/2nd-d "Agog to be the 21st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Aesir Fleet: 28mm Ships for your tabletop!"

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#television #ScienceFiction #scifi 32 years ago, in the U.S.A. “The Gathering” was broadcast, the TV movie pilot that introduced the saga of “Babylon 5” english.netmassimo.com/2013/02

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*I'm with your scoldy Mastodon program here, but I'm a 71-year-old cyberpunk

*I used to write sci-fi books with manual typewriters

*How much "dismantled future image" do you imagine I would somehow personally fret about

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@Computer I am reporting myself to Internal Security, and volunteering for Reactor Shielding duty in hopes that my failures can still point the way to a better Complex for everyone.

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