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About a year ago, I wrote an article on techno-optimism, describing my general enthusiasm for technology and the massive benefits that it can bring, as well as my caution around a few specific concerns, largely centered around superintelligent AI, and the risk that it may bring about either doom, or irreversible human disempowerment, if the technology is built in the wrong ways. One of the core ideas in my post was the philosophy of : decentralized and democratic, differential defensive acceleration. Accelerate technology, but differentially focus on technologies improve our ability to defend, rather than our ability to cause harm, and in technologies that distribute power rather than concentrating it in the hands of a singular elite that decides what is true, false, good or evil on behalf of everyone. Defense like in democratic Switzerland and historically quasi-anarchist Zomia, not like the lords and castles of medieval feudalism. In the year since then, the philosophy and ideas have

Dark Mode Toggle d/acc: one year later 2025 Jan 05 See all posts d/acc: one year later Special thanks to Liraz Siri, Janine Leger and Balvi volunteers for feedback and review About a year ago, I wrote an article on techno-optimism , describing my general enthusiasm for technology and the massive benefits that it can bring, as well as my caution around a few specific concerns, largely centered around superintelligent AI, and the risk that it may bring about either doom, or irreversible human disempowerment, if the technology is built in the wrong ways. One of the core ideas in my post was the p

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