The question is not whether a sufficiently well-designed machine could appeal in that way, it’s whether digging up and overstimulating that particular instinct is what we really want to do.
Remember that the flip side of this is our envy of those who are better than us. I would argue that this is very closely linked with our obsession with equality, something many value.
Remember that the flip side of this is our envy of those who are better than us. I would argue that this is very closely linked with our obsession with equality, something many value.