China has a million Uyghurs in reeducation camps, but that's still a lower imprisonment rate than the US, where prisons do the opposite of rehabilitation. China also has 1/10 the homicide rate and just surpassed the US in life expectancy this year.
Their economy will do the same. I had thought that China might follow the lead of Hong Kong and the US in opening their internet to grow their economy, but it looks like their economy is growing just fine and the rest of the world is following. On Sat, May 20, 2023, 4:28 PM James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 2:14 PM Matt Mahoney <mattmahone...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> Eventually we will do away with police and prisons entirely because >> putting people in cages and chains is barbaric, >> > > If China permitted its provinces to determine their social policies and > eliminated prisons by merely supporting assortative migration of its > citizens, and reallocation of territorial value between provinces on a per > capita basis, I'd move there if one of their provinces would have me. Of > course, I wouldn't be surprised if they refused and that would be their > right. > > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + > delivery options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> > Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Te3d0dad0e74ec301-M36751d3a16d39677dbf66d66> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Te3d0dad0e74ec301-Me94ca1680d63a081b5fa92d6 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription