| 2004-01-13 20:00:03
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| 20:00:03 | localroger | Minority Report even had the Meta effect of getting actual real-world advertisers to contribute to the ads. |
| 20:00:05 | localroger | OK, starting. |
| 20:00:17 | Lucifer | The topic this evening is "What is the purpose of principles"? |
| 20:00:30 | Lucifer | Why lead a principled life? |
| 20:00:44 | hkhenson | hmm |
| 20:00:52 | Lucifer | Is it worth sticking to princinciples, even when the outcome seems to be undesirable? |
| 20:01:03 | goomba | i dont like principles |
| 20:01:05 | hkhenson | I would say it is to advertize people can play non-zero sum games with you |
| 20:01:09 | Lucifer | And for hkhenson, what is the EP slant? |
| 20:01:20 | hkhenson | obvious. |
| 20:01:20 | Lucifer | Is it just for appearances? |
| 20:01:21 | localroger | You know, this hits home since I saw "The Last Samurai" this weekend. |
| 20:01:28 | hkhenson | no, it is for real. |
| 20:01:45 | Lucifer | And where do they come from? |
| 20:01:50 | hkhenson | people who are seen as trustworth get more chances to play non-zero games. |
| 20:01:54 | localroger | If we are cogs in a big machine, principles are what hold the machine together. |
| 20:01:55 | Lucifer | And how do you know when you found the right set? |
| 20:02:13 | hkhenson | reputation is important. |
| 20:02:15 | Lucifer | localroger, you got that from Tom Cruise? |
| 20:02:17 | localroger | Lucifer: answer is you survive. |
| 20:02:33 | localroger | No, I get that from general inference. |
| 20:02:51 | Lucifer | I hope there is an easier way than dying to find out you have the wrong set |
| 20:03:01 | Lucifer | I mean from the movie? |
| 20:03:15 | localroger | Well yeah that would be nice. But I am currently writing a story set in the Passages universe which argues otherwise. |
| 20:03:30 | localroger | I am discombobulated. Please restate the question with a referent. |
| 20:03:56 | prometheus | prometheus (~duane@[death to spam].c-24-2-132-133.client.comcast.net) has joined #virus |
| 20:04:08 | Lucifer | If we are cogs in a big machine, principles are what hold the machine together. <-- did you get this from the Last Sumurai? |
| 20:04:20 | localroger | No Lucifer, I have always believed that. |
| 20:04:34 | Lucifer | So where does the movie come into it? |
| 20:04:42 | localroger | Well, maybe not when I was a baby, but you get the idea. |
