Only Law Can Prevent Extinction — LessWrong
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x Only Law Can Prevent Extinction — LessWrong AI Questions Open Threads AI World Optimization Frontpage 2026 Top Fifty: 53 % 734 Only Law Can Prevent Extinction by Eliezer Yudkowsky 13th Apr 2026 24 min read 106 734 There's a quote I read as a kid that stuck with me my whole life: " Remember that all tax revenue is the result of holding a gun to somebody’s head . Not paying taxes is against the law. If you don’t pay taxes, you’ll be fined. If you don’t pay the fine, you’ll be jailed. If you try to escape from jail, you’ll be shot." -- P. J. O'Rourke. At first I took away the libertarian lesson
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