Editing Mind uploading (section)

=== Political and economic implications ===
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Emulations might be preceded by a technological arms race driven by [[First-mover advantage|first-strike advantages]]. Their emergence and existence may lead to increased risk of war, including inequality, power struggles, strong loyalty and willingness to die among emulations, and new forms of racism, xenophobia, and religious prejudice.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hurtado Hurtado |first=Joshua |date=2022-07-18 |title=Envisioning postmortal futures: six archetypes on future societal approaches to seeking immortality |journal=Mortality |volume=29 |pages=18–36 |doi=10.1080/13576275.2022.2100250 |s2cid=250650618 |issn=1357-6275|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=EckersleySandberg2013 /> If emulations run much faster than humans, there might not be enough time for human leaders to make wise decisions or negotiate. It is possible that humans would react violently against the growing power of emulations, especially if that depresses human wages. Emulations may not trust each other, and even well-intentioned defensive measures [[security dilemma|might be interpreted as offense]].<ref name=EckersleySandberg2013 />

The book ''[[The Age of Em]]'' by [[Robin Hanson]] poses many hypotheses on the nature of a society of mind uploads, including that the most common minds would be copies of adults with personalities conducive to long hours of productive specialized work.<ref name="hanson">{{cite book |last=Hanson |first=Robin |author-link=Robin Hanson |url=https://ageofem.com/ |title=The Age of Em |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780198754626 |location=Oxford, England |page=528}}</ref>