No-Bullshit Optimization, AI Safety, Rationality, Life Extension, EA, Movies, MMA, and the Occasional Psychedelic
Let’s say we want to meet a stranger, say an interesting personality in the tech world or rationality sphere or whatever. So I email them to set it up. This would be easy if it was just me meeting them: “Hey, would love to grab a coffee or whatever when we’re both free…” (I don’t …
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“IT’S 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT!!!!” Stop quoting the time of the Doomsday Clock like it’s evidence of something. The Doomsday Clock is always predicting apocalypse. The earliest it’s ever been was 17 minutes to midnight in 1991. If your position is that humanity is always on the brink of extinction, then you really don’t need …
(CW: Cannibalism) I was apprehensive about posting this for fear of close-minded judgment but given it was the opportunity of someone’s lifetime, I had to share. Those who know me, know I love novel experiences. It pays to have friends in high places and friends in low places. I’m lucky enough to have both. When …