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social AI
AI products so far primarily involve a single human interacting with an AI. But historically, the biggest tech opportunities tend to involve facilitating interactions between multiple people. Hence why email became the killer app of computers, social media...
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On the Erosion of Society, Erroneous Optimism, & what should replace it
By now, all can smell the new feeling in the air. Whether it be 53 BC Rome, 1787 France, or 1850s America, this pungent sensation is something all have felt prior to years of great change & strife. We may discuss the recent feuds in California, the instabi...
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Roland-Garros and aristocratic institutions
I watched the French Open men's final on Sunday. The combatants were Jannik Sinner, a 23 year old German-blooded Italian, and Carlos Alcaraz, a 22 year old Spanish Moor. Great match, but I miss the elegance and athletic beauty of Federer. As a man of tenni...
(www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com) posted 3w ago with 1 reply received sociology eugenics fieldreports health

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Supercoordination: A Specific Strategy
How do we get there from here? How might we grow pockets of supercoordination even as AI rapidly becomes more capable and the people behind it consolidate their power, proactively countering this precise type of threat?...
posted 5mo ago with 7 replies received sociology coordination

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Democracy in America or Modernity in Democracy?
From a twitter post today by Tanner Greer (https://x.com/Scholars_Stage/status/1928597464006738035?t=Cper8b-TzL9_zK8Ggzw-zA&s=19) :...
(x.com) posted 1mo ago with 3 replies received politics history sociology

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America isn't going to become Brazil. It already is Brazil.
According to the 2020 census, the United States was 57.8% non-Hispanic white....
posted 2mo ago with 3 replies received politics sociology eugenics

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I wrote quite a lengthy reply and then accidentally deleted it. FML. I'm not rewriting that at 5 am.... 2mo ago received

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Sub 1.6 TFR = 50% less people in 3 generations. What now?
Marko’s thread I linked put the fertility rate problem into a very clear perspective. If society doesn’t course correct, there won’t be that many people in the future. South Korea will be around 4% of its current population within 3 generations....
(x.com) posted 3mo ago with 8 replies received sociology eugenics palladium

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What if the extended human phenotype is natural and convergent?
Samo Burja's thesis is that civilization is part of the "extended human phenotype", as dam building is in the beaver's phenotype, and older than we think. In this model, properly savage hunter-gatherers are either more associated with nearby civilization t...
posted 3mo ago with 9 replies received accelerationism sociology eugenics intelligence

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This conversation reminds me of an article (author I can't recall) defining four alien intelligences:... 3mo ago received

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Just how alien would the space-octopus be?
It's hard to say what a true alien species would be like. But octopi are pretty alien, and we know a bit about them. One of you doubted that a space-octopus from alpha centauri would be much like us. So here is a xenohumanist thought experiment: SETI has i...
posted 3mo ago with 5 replies received accelerationism philosophy sociology intelligence

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Not Superintelligence; Supercoordination
Everyone seems to be trying to arms race their way to superintelligence these days. I have a different idea: supercoordination....
posted 5mo ago with 34 replies received rationality sociology intelligence coordination

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internet supplants america
Modern Americans have outgrown our republic....
posted 5mo ago with 6 replies received politics technology sociology sovereignty

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Ah sorry, I meant a migration **from the physical to the digital world.... 4mo ago received

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Ideology is more fundamental than *just* post-hoc rationalization
Mosca argued that every ruling class justifies itself with a political formula : an ideological narrative that legitimizes power. Raw force alone is unsustainable; a widely accepted narrative makes dominance appear natural. Internally, shared ideology unif...
posted 5mo ago with 10 replies received politics ideology accelerationism sociology

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Is independent thinking still possible in an environment where escaping social media ecochamber is nearly impossible?
Is it possible to be an independent thinker in general?...
posted 6mo ago with 6 replies received ideology rationality sociology news

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rationalists vs. libertarians
rats more elite but libertarians more vigorous
(www.anarchonomicon.com) posted 9mo ago with 1 reply received rationality sociology fieldreports

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Road trip week 5, 6: The wedding, public land, overpopulation, underpopulation, unsociety.
The road trip at the end of week 5 took us across the bay to celebrate the wedding of an old friend and teacher. I didn't know what to expect, but it was delightfully well done. Congratulations to the couple....
posted 12mo ago with 1 reply received politics sociology fieldreports

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The internet social apocalypse and its solutions
folks over on twitter are complaining that all the twisty little passages full of unique social subcultures have been dissolved into a single global free market of slop. Elon giveth, and Elon taketh away. It seemed like an interesting topic so let's have a...
posted 13mo ago with 9 replies received politics sociology

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Mapping the critical cohorts of the US
America relies on the competency of just a few cohorts of people and the health of the institutions that they occupy throughout their careers to function. I think it's a short list but I'd be curious to hear input on what I have so far:...
posted 1y ago with 57 replies received sociology coordination palladium

Mapping the critical received

Are aesthetics really primary when seeking converts?
A common theme I see in some circles online is that many political opinions and other social convictions are downstream of aesthetics. This leads to a sort of propagandizing via art and literature, appeals to physical beauty, etc....
posted 1y ago with 15 replies received politics sociology

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Twitter Hobo's proposal for a new American nomadism
https://twitter.com/shagbark_hick/status/1774939620943294603 posted 1y ago with 22 replies received sociology fieldreports health

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Who is Portugal For? (and what's the point of democracy anymore?)
https://www.palladiummag.com/2024/02/23/who-is-portugal-for/ posted 1y ago with 12 replies received politics ideology sociology

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