Food for Thought: A meditation on capitalism, the grey goo, and the Borganisms

The cycle of capitalism.

You work. You get money. You take money and invest it. If you are lucky, it becomes larger. Otherwise, it becomes smaller. If you have a lot of money, you can either start a company or not. If you start a company, you invest in your own ability to influence outcomes and in your own transformation function. There are other, perso…