What is Metamodernism? Six strands of thought in this fascinating movement.
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The Wider Angle
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The Wider Angle
@theWiderAngle
Why are we here and where are we going? Philosophy, culturology, cognitive science, complexity science, polycrisis, technology...
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Looking forward to welcoming London folks at this meetup in March!
rufuspollock 🌄@rufuspollock
First #SecondRenaissance #meetup in #London on 5th March. It's free and a chance to meet others interested in a path to a #regenerative radically #wiser weller future -- and how we respond to the unfolding crises we face. lu.ma/nvwi0mc6
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My 'Meaning in the multiverse' sequence is now available on my new substack:
#multiverse
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The Many-Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics helps us towards an overall evaluation of existence. I consider some recent work in philosophy of religion on the quantum multiverse and the Problem of Evil, as well as Olaf Stapledon’s Starmaker.
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I think he should buy Greenland and rename it to "Trumpland" because staying on a higher-probability timeline can only be bad for us at this point
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@ESYudkowsky sadly not how many-worlds works (I know you know this). I’ve put together some thoughts on how many-worlds actually is relevant though: thewiderangle.substack.com/p/misfortune-i…
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@RichardMCNgo Great point, though obviously a lot harder to measure social capital %, which may be why people gravitate towards money as a kind of life scorecard.
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I feel confused about whether social capital or financial capital will be more important after AGI (or even what that question means) but it seems like it’s much easier to accrue X% of the world’s social capital than X% of the world’s financial capital.
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These are dark times -- an old world order crumbles, a new one dawns, with the increasingly deranged masters @elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump on top.
At this moment, the dangerous path of AI development is ironically also our best hope for democracy, reason, and postcapitalism.
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Contemplating the less lucky branches of the quantum #multiverse can be seen as a beneficial 'negative visualisation' practise comparable to those in #Stoicism and some Buddhist traditions.
lesswrong.com/posts/oCBzsSAp…
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The Many-Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics can help us feel better about improbable bad events, since the things we value remain unaffected in most other worlds.
#multiverse #quantum
Misfortune and Many Worlds lesswrong.com/posts/3c2ke8DC…
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@ESYudkowsky Is rationality sometimes woo? (if promoted by over-enthusiastic rationalists)
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A reason your woo is considered "woo", and not just a worth-trying trick whose mileage varies, is that your theology says your woo reflects a universal truth and must work for everyone who isn't committing some weird sin. And in reality, it does not fucking work for everyone.
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@HFreinacht yes - the deep mystery of both phenomenal reality and the invisible reality revealed by natural science?
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Depth is the ability to see and sense the deep mystery of phenomenal reality, to recognize the sublime beauty of existence, and to have an intimate knowledge of the unfathomable tragedy of life's dilemmas and the suffering of sentient beings.
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Quantum mechanics can help us feel better about choosing between mutually exclusive life options
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Great to meet the folks at #secondrenaissance last night, create some postcards and hear about their new wiki project 🙏
Life Itself@forlifeitself
🚀Second Renaissance Barn Raising 🚀 📅 Tuesday 3rd Dec 🕠 530-930pm CET / 830am-1230pm PST / 1130am-330pm EST 💻 Online - Zoom 🙋 Anyone in the space who wants to directly contribute to a collaborative event to co-create resources for the community 🔗 lu.ma/4k264pp9
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What ethical implications should we expect from the quantum #Multiverse? In this blogpost I show that decision-making still works the same way. The implications are more about how we should think and feel from a cosmic perspective.
lesswrong.com/posts/hf4YAmj3…
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