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.... 9h ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.7 5.7 I haven't read Ginev (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.7 5.7 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... 9h ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.2 1.2 Continuing that argu (view hidden) log in to judge received 1.2 1.2
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... 5d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 4.9 4.9 This goes back to wh (view hidden) log in to judge received 4.9 4.9 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.... 4d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.4 1.4 Yeah, this is a tota (view hidden) log in to judge received 1.4 1.4
in thread "The agonistic categorical imperative": Interesting idea RE "prima facie tautological but compressionally useful," but why would this law/heuristic have any compelling moral force? Why shouldn't one just act as one wishes from instinct in the moment, or follow a virtue ethical framework, or use ... 4d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.4 1.4 Interesting idea RE (view hidden) log in to judge received 1.4 1.4
in thread "White Identitarian Symbology": I think the techno-optimist/Faustian faction is a good gesture towards what a revitalized Western Anglo-Saxon identity and ideology might look like. Focusing on the content of national/racial identity rather than a purely empty identitarian label that incl... 5d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.1 5.1 I think the techno-o (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.1 5.1
in thread "BAP: The Right of the Stronger and the Better": I think the example of Lee Kuan Yew is illustrative of what BAP is really driving towards. Here you have a man with a network of friends and fellow thinkers who took over the party machinery of a state in a very transitional phase of its development, and w... 7d ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 11.7 11.7 I think the example (view hidden) log in to judge received 11.7 11.7