(Response to both AppliedDivinityStudies and branperr)
My aim was to argue that a particular extreme sort of duplication technology would have extreme consequences, which is important because I think technologies that are “extreme” in the relevant way could be developed this century. I don’t think the arguments in this piece point to any particular conclusions about biological cloning (which is not “instant”), natalism, etc., which have less extreme consequences.
(Response to both AppliedDivinityStudies and branperr)
My aim was to argue that a particular extreme sort of duplication technology would have extreme consequences, which is important because I think technologies that are “extreme” in the relevant way could be developed this century. I don’t think the arguments in this piece point to any particular conclusions about biological cloning (which is not “instant”), natalism, etc., which have less extreme consequences.