Moral Paradigm Shift – from Torch to Flame
There is an inevitable worldview shift happening on earth – a shift that takes us from anthropocentrism (the torch), to cosmism (the flame). The shift toward the flame paradigm is…
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There is an inevitable worldview shift happening on earth – a shift that takes us from anthropocentrism (the torch), to cosmism (the flame). The shift toward the flame paradigm is…
The transition from anaerobic to aerobic (oxygen-using) life was arguably the single most destructive, creative and protective complexity transition in the entire history of life as we know it. First,…
We’ll define a paradigm myth as: A paradigm myth is a set of implicit, unexamined assumptions that coordinate behavior and create value within a given environment, but become maladaptive when…
It’s being stated very openly and frankly now (late February, 2026) that the singularity is near, and that the economic value of most (and soon, all?) humans will be negative….
There are times in the history of civilization where change is not an option, only how we change. The choice is between: We’ll discuss how this dynamic applies to humanity…
The “thermodynamic god” is modern e/acc Twitter-speak for the impersonal, ultimate, accelerating, entropy-driven process that Land sees as underlying all intelligence and technological evolution. The idea is that entropy “wants”…
Humans matter. They’re the most valuable single species on planet earth, and it’s not even close. I’m not saying this simply because I’m human and have a self-interested motive to…
What does it mean to “care” about something? In order to care about the future, it’ll help us to open by discussing an event from the recent past. Watch the…
The guiding ideals of most humans are naturally oriented towards the benefits of, well, human beings. “We should create technologies that improve the lives of current and future human beings.”–“We…
In our first-ever episode of The Trajectory podcast, Yoshua Bengio shared his ideas in our “AGI Destinations” series (playlist here). At the very end of that interview, I asked him…