Politicians are not optimized for persuasiveness
I once heard someone say that politicians are optimized for persuasiveness. This isn't true. In a first past
Theodicy
I've head people say that the existence of evil proves there is no God.
The conclusion is good.
Against singular conceptions of the good
The most popular theories of ethics tend to have a singular conception of the good. They say there is one
Being good and doing good.
I've always thought that the inability to hold contradictory thoughts was bad. I think only small minds cannot
The moral arc of the universe tends toward evil.
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." - Martin Luther King
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Two sides of goodness
When I was younger, I spent a long time thinking about what it meant to be good. There were two
A culture of poverty, russia and the west, Barriers to AI.
Is computational complexity a barrier to AI?
Computational complexity theory describes the steep increase in computing power required for many
NGO Idea #1: Get corporations to spend their charitable donations better
M&S is a supermarket chain with a revenue of £10 billion, 70'000+ employees and a 135
Some more interesting stuff I read
An intro to the philosophy of identity from Wait but Why.
Friend networks alone can be used to generate accurate
Aliens, Corruption and Skyscrapers in Mumbai
The Fat Leonard scandal.
More on India's housing crisis. How low floor space indexes limit vertical construction.
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