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  • $\begingroup$ Do you assume that all agents are rational, or only the ruler ? (if the ruler has to cope with irrational agents, the problem is way harder for him) And am I right to consider that by speaking about a "ruler" you mean "some sort of ruling organisation" and not necessarily a single person ? $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 23, 2016 at 13:04
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    $\begingroup$ Welcome to the site, Anonymous. As you may not be aware, the Stack Exchange network of sites is dedicated to specific questions and answers, rather than a discussion forum available elsewhere on the Internet. "What do you think?" questions are considered open-ended discussions and specifically declared as off-topic. I'd suggest you take the tour and browse existing questions to get a feel for what we expect from questions. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 23, 2016 at 13:13
  • $\begingroup$ @Frostfyre Yes, I am aware of the question-answering nature of the site. I do not want to break the rules. The phrase "What do you think?" refers to the validity of my thoughts, and to the question in the title. There are some follow-up questions in the text aswell, some of which I believe can be answered decently. Anyway, this is close to a scifi forum anyway, so I guess you don't expect the same degree of strict Q&A here as in, say, the math forum. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 23, 2016 at 13:31
  • $\begingroup$ @Kolaru I make no assumptions about other agents in general, but the ruler is allowed to engineer its minions. This is supposed to be a real scenario. By the "ruler" I ideally mean a rational agent with individual goals. To stay within the "rational agent" bounds, consider the ruler to be a single superintelligence. But the strategic answers will then also apply to an emperor, and, to some extent, to a ruling organization, but I do not intend to calculate with conflicts within the authority, unless those are a necessary consequence of ANY authority. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 23, 2016 at 13:41
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    $\begingroup$ We aren't a forum (scifi or otherwise) and we do have rules we adhere to. We're currently refining our scope, but I consider this question to be outside the scope of questions appropriate for the SE network as a whole. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 23, 2016 at 13:47