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BobBagwilltoday at 2:00 PM0 repliesview on HN

We should start building our Dyson Sphere now because the only solution to bad computation is more computation. Evolution through competition is the only way forward I see. It won't necessarily improve human legibility without feedback, though. And in the end, we can't care TOO much about legibility.

Imagine breeding a new tomato plant. One is robust and tasty, the other is neither, but the genetic code is easier to understand. Picking the legible plant, because legibility is important to you, and may make future tinkering easier, is a dead end. Being able to create a billion different tomato plants and applying selection pressure is more effective, if you have the resources.

The idea that we are applying all this effort to make creating nauseating ads and heinous travel booking sites easier disgusts me, but hey, whatcha gonna do?!? :-)