Feeding AI's Energy Appetite

Lysander Spooner's essay, 'Vices Are Not Crimes', argues against the legal prohibition of activities considered immoral or 'vices. ' Spooner contends that the government should only intervene in cases where individual rights are violated, not to enforce morality. He asserts that actions such as gambling, drinking, or other personal choices are outside the scope of legitimate government authority. The essay is a defense of individual liberty and a critique of laws that attempt to regulate personal behavior. Spooner's libertarian principles are evident throughout his arguments. The essay remains relevant in contemporary debates about the role of government and individual freedom.

In this book, Julian Simon argues against the notion that humanity is running out of natural resources. He contends that as resources become scarcer, their prices rise, creating incentives for people to discover more resources, ration and recycle them, and develop substitutes. Simon believes that human creativity and innovation are the ultimate resources, enabling economic growth and improving living standards despite population growth. The book also discusses historical precedents of unfounded environmental fears and includes a famous wager with Paul Ehrlich that demonstrated the decline in real prices of commodity metals over time.