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author: niplav, created: 2019-05-22, modified: 2024-09-18, language: english, status: in progress, importance: 3, confidence: other Short texts on different topics. Das Immer-wieder-von-vorn-anfangen ist die regulative Idee des Spiels (wie der Lohnarbeit). —Walter Benjamin, “Über einige Motive bei Baudelaire“, 2023, link mine If something isn't long enough to be its own article (yet…) and it is neither ethics- nor politics-, prediction- or pickup-related, I put it here. Many people want to learn everything (Drexler 2009, Young 2008). This poses a significant challenge, and begins with the problem of figuring out what “everything” is supposed to contain. One possible method one could use to get an overview of everything is to use Wikipedia's Contents:Outlines: it contains a list of all outlines on Wikipedia, and is well structured. Wikipedia is generally concise and complete enough to provide a sufficient overview over a topic (see Tomasik 2017). To read this collection of outlines comp

home niplav author: niplav, created: 2019-05-22, modified: 2026-01-06, language: english, status: in progress, importance: 3, confidence: other Short texts on different topics. Contents Getting an Overview Over Everything Silent & Loud Killers Indirect Anti-Natalism See Also Better Names for Things Artificial Intelligence and Action-Compelling Sentences Use Things Up Explanations Advice Killing Old People Versus Infants Some Thoughts about the Qualia Research Institute QRI and AGI Technological & Social Success The Benefit of Reading LessWrong Some Qualitative Intuitions on the Effects of Open

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