Present crimes against humanism do not get a free ride! The author explicitly said so in this recent post [1]
> ...uploading isn't real (now), so the things "Lena" has to say about uploading are academic (now).
> The reason "Lena" is a concerning story isn't that one day we may be able to upload one another and when that happens we will do terrible things to those uploads. ... This is about appetites which, as we are all uncomfortably aware, already exist within human nature.
> Oh boy, what if there was a maligned sector of human society whose members were for some reason considered less than human? What if they were less visible than most people, or invisible, and were exploited and abused, and had little ability to exercise their rights or even make their plight known?
> That's real! That actually happens! You can name four groups of people matching that description without even thinking. We don't need to add some manufactured debate about fictitious, magical uploads to these real scenarios. They are already terrible!
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> "Lena" is a true story. You knew it was when you read it.
> So, what do we do about this? In reality?
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> I've got no clue. It turns out that causing problems is a lot easier than organising against them, and I am just a science fiction writer.
Would you consider funding a denialism campaing to stop action against climate change for decades a crime against humanity? Has been done anything against them? Murder is worse than abuse.
> ...uploading isn't real (now), so the things "Lena" has to say about uploading are academic (now).
> The reason "Lena" is a concerning story isn't that one day we may be able to upload one another and when that happens we will do terrible things to those uploads. ... This is about appetites which, as we are all uncomfortably aware, already exist within human nature.
> Oh boy, what if there was a maligned sector of human society whose members were for some reason considered less than human? What if they were less visible than most people, or invisible, and were exploited and abused, and had little ability to exercise their rights or even make their plight known?
> That's real! That actually happens! You can name four groups of people matching that description without even thinking. We don't need to add some manufactured debate about fictitious, magical uploads to these real scenarios. They are already terrible!
...
> "Lena" is a true story. You knew it was when you read it.
> So, what do we do about this? In reality?
...
> I've got no clue. It turns out that causing problems is a lot easier than organising against them, and I am just a science fiction writer.
> Good luck, everyone.
[1] https://qntm.org/uploading