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in thread "Horrorism vs Vitalism":

This is *the* question of the future, and I’m glad it’s been put in such lucid terms... 4w ago received

This is *the* questi received

Reading The Thirst for Annihilation makes me feel like Land grew too old for his victories, as Nietzsche would say. So much intellectual fervor in the early 90s work that gets tempered into mere great blogging in the 2010s, and now just political commentar... 3w ago received

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In the question of Gnonic vitalism vs. Orthodox Horrorism or Humanist conservatism, I think the "atheism" question is one key axis of the discussion. Theism, if one takes it in its general form, is the affirmation that there is a legitimate font of value o... 3w ago received

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Good poast, figuring out what we're really trying to *do* with moral theorizing is immensely useful in facilitating the right kind of discourse around these issues.... 3w ago received

Good poast, figuring received

in thread "Applied Gnon Theology":

100%, I think people are really getting out over their skis in the interpretations of Land that get passed around on here. Might poast a thread about it 4w ago received

100%, I think people received

Anyone who can storm Heaven by force and unseat Gnon would be, ipso facto, Gnon-approved. It’s an interesting play, to say the least… 4w ago received

Anyone who can storm received

Drilling in further on the gnon-question, it seems worth dwelling on the way Heidegger is used here:... 3w ago received

Drilling in further received

The is/ought gap is a classic feature of analytic philosophy going back to Hume, and I think OP should elaborate further on how exactly he proposes that we cross it. Here's the posited solution:... 3w ago received

The is/ought gap is received

in thread "Medidation, Enlightenment, Dharma, and Sokushinbutsu":

I couldn't agree more! Excellent description of some of the cognitive science of the path, and bonus points for bringing up MN 36, what a great sutta.... 1mo ago received

I couldn't agree mor received

This is totally true, and should be expected with any kind of cognitive procedure that really does interfere with fundamental neural machinery.... 1mo ago received

This is totally true received

If you spend any time at all around meditators, you'll notice that people simply do not get addicted to the jhānas. Yeah, there are lots of things that can be addictive about spiritual life, about renunciation, about asceticism, about feeling a sense of m... 4w ago received

If you spend any tim received

Here we're speaking of the fundamental meaning, the telos of human life, which can be something of a controversial question. In this specific situation, retreating to debates over the fundamental purpose of human life is not a fruitful path of discussion. ... 4w ago received

Here we're speaking received

in thread "Of Vitality":

The adjective use is McCarthy-esque, but it needs more rhythm in the sentence structure and maybe a smattering of fragmentary asides to really hit.... 1mo ago received

The adjective use is received

That's the rub — when you're pursuing terminal goals outside of pure vitality, you can end up being pulled quite far away from the vitalistic lifestyle. This is why Book 10 of the Nicomachean Ethics can be so maddening, as it throws out all consideration... 4w ago received

That's the rub — whe received

in thread "Vitalist/BAP/Nietzsche Metaphysics Question":

His read on evolution, I think, is more to the point when we're talking about innate intelligence. If I remember correctly, it's an extended bit on a certain kind of praying mantis that knows to attack the larval stage of its enemies, even without having s... 1mo ago received

His read on evolutio received

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in thread ""Cosmic Alignment" is almost right. Life is the answer":

I haven't read Ginevra Davis's Cosmic Alignment talk. I'll see if I can find the link somewhere. I do, however, know her from a few other pieces, notably her piece on Stanford culture, which was very good. Seems like a smart girl.... 2mo ago received

I haven't read Ginev received

Continuing that argument, I think the idea of parenting is not really applicable here. What it means to be a parent is to bring a being up who in some very intimate way shares your nature. In the strong biological sense of parenthood, the child is literall... 2mo ago received

Continuing that argu received

Yes, I think this is straightforwardly true.... 1mo ago received

Yes, I think this is received

When the men of Ilium saw the ships appear on the horizon, they were watching physis unfold itself in all its brilliance, but did that comfort them? I think our attitude, as men of the human race, should echo that of Hector in book 6 of the Iliad, as he co... 1mo ago received

When the men of Iliu received

in thread "Xeno Futures Research Unit":

This goes back to what I was saying earlier about the impact of model intelligence on the overall state of the AI economy, more than the techno-economic feedback loops. If all the capital dries up, which is possible, albeit unlikely, then what will be left... 2mo ago received

This goes back to wh received

Yeah, this is a totally fair point, and I think a lot of the "effective accerationsists" push this argument so far as to invalidate their entire worldview.... 2mo ago received

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