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But I love the above quote. I have a passion, a sacred quest, to understand everything, and to save the world. I am addicted to "viewquakes", insights which dramatically change my world view. I loved science fiction as a child, studied physics and artificial intelligence for a long time each, and now study economics and political science -- all fields full of such insights. Unfortunately, this also means I am tempted to leave a subject when I have mastered its major insights. I also have a rather critical style. I beat hard on new ideas, seek out critics, and then pledge my allegiance only to those still left standing. In conversation, I prefer to identify a claim at issue, and then focus on analyzing it, rather than the usual quick tours past hundreds of issues. I have always asked questions, even when I was very young. I have little patience with those whose thinking is sloppy, small, or devoid of abstraction. And I'm not a joiner; I rebel against groups with "our beliefs", especiall

Robin Hanson's Home Page Robin D. Hanson Next book: The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life , January 2018. First book: The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life When Robots Rule the Earth , June 2016. Blog: OvercomingBias.com Why I Got Tenure How to Reach Me About Robin Vita and Bio . Press/Media on Robin Wild Ideas I Like Economics of Science Fiction Idea Futures , Futarchy , and the Policy Analysis Market Mangled Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics Alternative Institutions Short Essays Presentations Family Friends, etc. History Under Construction About Me "Flicking throug

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