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The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end. It is the highest emblem in…
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A comforting picture of Earth life imagines a community of species in relatively peaceful coexistence. If humans respect their needs, stop polluting, and protect the ozone layer, then nature can…
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Ask people “What matters, ultimately?” and you’ll get a variety of answers. Maybe they’ll start with things like “scientific progress” or “the safety of my family” or “ending world hunger,”…
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When someone claims that they or someone else is “acting for the greater good,” this colloquially means that this person is acting in a way that helps others, not only…
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Discussions around AGI and technological progress often hinge upon near-term policy decisions. Okay, so we want this or that near-term decision on governance. More privacy. Less regulation. Whatever. But all…
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What matters more, happiness or suffering? For almost all of us – utilitarians or not – both positive and negative qualia matter, and register when we make decisions about our…
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This past week I posted the following on Facebook, in reference to my article Where Should Humanity Steer Sentience?: If utilitronium (a conscious, super-blissful substrate) could simultaneously explore future kinds…
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The philosopher David Pearce has posited that the pain-pleasure axis of conscious experience may well be the “world’s inbuilt metric of value,” a kind of ultimate barometer of good or…
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If mind uploading becomes possible, how can we prevent uploaded minds from suffering? While uploaded minds might be able to experience a hyper-intense range of super-bliss, it is obviously possible…
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The following are assumptions that most of us hold as iron truths: Happiness is only made possible because of its opposite: Pain. Without pain, there is no real happiness. If…