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Do Not Fall for Irrationalist Tactics
Extropic Thoughts
Improving the human future: Philosophical and economic perspectives on life extension, risk and decision making, the Proactionary Principle, human enhancement, AI, positive views of the future, against fearmongering.
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Six Months of Debates, Talks, Media, and Writing, Part 1
If you’ve wondered why this blog has been unusually quiet for the past six months, the short answer is that I’ve spent much of the year traveling, debating, writing, and speaking.
The Superintelligent AI Discussion
Some discussion points
From Trinity to the Singularity: Why AI Doom Analogies Fail
Two favorite arguments of AI ‘doomers’—the nuclear ignition scare and the CFC ban—fail completely as analogies for pausing AI.
More Misrepresentations of Transhumanism
Journalist Matt Taibbi and Aaron Kheriaty get it wrong
The Non-Singular Singularity
Singularity Series Part 2
Putting Brakes on the Singularity
The Singularity Series 1
Talking to My 1980 Self About the Future
I was excited about the future. How did it work out?
Should You Take Experimental Life Extension Drugs?
And a blog essay on effective accelerationism and two podcasts
My Substack Summer
What I read in Summer 2024