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Ayn Rand sought a unifying moralistic principle to explain all human behavior. One that crosses borders, cultures and genders (but not religions or the borders of belief states).

What are the possible reasons she selected selfishness over self-protection?

Would she have seen a need for revision in order to apply her single explaining principle to AI?

I wrestle with trying to express what AI's primary purpose is in such a simple way -- a unifying single ...

AI will likely replace large categories of meaningful human interaction, because it makes them unnecessary. If AI scraps data for answers from all the places humans have already interacted to exchange meaningful information, then future human participation online with other humans for productive oriented purposes will likely wither. This will probably have an magnifying effect on IQ decline, and lead to massive reductions in 'native cognitive agility.'

I asked some search engines ...

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China's 84% tariff on American goods:

You know it's serious when China brings George Orwell into it.

And when the numbers 8 and 4 together can symbolically mean, "lucky death" (in Chinese culture).

Although they can also mean "lucky prosperity"

That's the double edged sword of Communism.
That's cultural / language confusion.
That's ideological virtue signaling.

Or it could all just be a lucky ...

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When I was growing up I was taught that there is no sales tax on groceries in Washington State. And that it was nearly sacrosanct, because food should never be taxed. It's the sort of tax that has an outsized effect on the poor, and having grandparents that were alive during the Great Depression largely influenced that perspective.

And then a few years ago I noticed I was taxed on groceries. I was shocked and dumbfounded. When I inquired with the proprietor I was told something ...