07
Dec
Is the far future inevitably zero-sum?
In this twitter post, Richard argues that in the distant future there will be far more zero or negative sum
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04
Nov
Unstructured thoughts on Tech X Risk
Imagine a bag of pebbles. It’s deep. You don’t know how deep. You draw a thousand pebbles. They’
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03
Nov
Misunderstanding the St Petersburg Paradox
I talked to Andrea last night. Turns out I misunderstood what the St Petersburg paradox was.
* I thought it was
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26
Oct
Startup Idee: On Demand Books
I read a lot of blogs. Around 200 articles per month get streamed to me via RSS. A lot of
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05
Sep
Against cardboard cut-out characters
Just like there are rules for writing non fiction, so there are rules for writing fiction. One thing I notice
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28
Aug
Anthropic Reasoning #1: I'm Confused
I’m going to start reading a fair bit about anthropics because I suspect that understanding anthropic reasoning is key
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16
Aug
The ethics of sexual consent
Two of my friends were having a discussion recently. If you’re having sex, is it okay to initiate choking
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31
Jul
Diminishing marginal utility of money for individuals != Diminishing marginal utility of money for societies
The conventional view is that the marginal value of each additional dollar of income tends to decrease quite sharply. Going
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08
Apr
I suspect that AI will end humanity
Part 1 of the [[Will AI kill us all]] sequence
Recently I've come to the conclusion that AI
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14
Feb
Feb 24th 2023 Masked Dinner Party
I'm hosting a (dinner if not too many people) party.
What to expect:
* a wide spectrum of competitive
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