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- Why is every rationalist blog post way too long? - alex wennerberg8 savers
- There are only four skills: design, technical, management and physical — LessWrong8 savers
- Countering misuse of AI: September 2026 / Anthropic \ Anthropic16 savers
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- My best friend is cheating on her husband, and I can’t judge her for it5 savers
- Hi, I'm Yoni :)7 savers
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- AI 2040: Plan A12 savers
- Does your AI perform badly because you — you, specifically — are a bad person?5 savers
- On Vulgar Materialism5 savers
- The Old World Is Dying: Advice for 2026 graduates43 savers
- Things to buy | near.blog8 savers
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- Why Nerds are Unpopular11 savers
- Having Kids19 savers
- Cities and Ambition42 savers
- Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)46 savers
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- It is the end of the world and I am here to take you home6 savers
- U.S. China AI talks: Bessent says U.S. leads, safety protocol planned1 savers
- Radical Optionality — Governing Transformative AI Under Uncertainty6 savers
- Live Updates: Trump Bristles Ahead of More Meetings With Xi on Day 2 of China Summit - The New York Times1 savers
- How China and the US Can Make AI Safer for Everyone – The Diplomat1 savers
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- At the Trump-Xi Summit, China Will Have the Upper Hand | Council on Foreign Relations1 savers
- Claude Mythos: China Reacts - by Irene Zhang - ChinaTalk1 savers
- America’s AI Action Plan7 savers
- Laying the groundwork for US-China AI dialogue | Brookings1 savers
- Optimal Timing for Superintelligence4 savers
- "Good institutions" are tautological or unsupported1 savers
- Why Japan has such good railways - Works in Progress Magazine1 savers
- Men Who Kill Themselves4 savers
- Always invite Anna7 savers
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- The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.23 savers
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- reactive agency - by Claire Wang - cold brew blog7 savers
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Ibn Sina’s God can only ever do or be the best possible thing, so he’s a lifeless automaton. As human beings, we have the gift of ignorance and evil. We struggle through a world we do not understand, and every choice we make is wrong.
Good and evil in Iran - by Sam Kriss - Numb at the LodgeBut successful capitalist societies do seem to emerge out of a particular relation to nature. The world must not be living or holy; it’s a dead mechanism, and one human beings can learn to master.
Good and evil in Iran - by Sam Kriss - Numb at the LodgeGod is a cosmic automaton.
Good and evil in Iran - by Sam Kriss - Numb at the LodgeSomething far more evil than Yaldabaoth is this mindless zombie-god, ruling the universe on autopilot.
Good and evil in Iran - by Sam Kriss - Numb at the LodgeGod, the unerring, the most truthful, is capable of telling a lie.
Good and evil in Iran - by Sam Kriss - Numb at the LodgeWhich means that the divine command that created the world might also be a lie.
Good and evil in Iran - by Sam Kriss - Numb at the LodgeGod hates Iblis, but Iblis is still in love with God.
Good and evil in Iran - by Sam Kriss - Numb at the LodgeEverything he creates is monstrous, but he’s trying. He doesn’t know.
Good and evil in Iran - by Sam Kriss - Numb at the LodgeThe cults who said that there is no demon trying to break into the world: this is his house.
Good and evil in Iran - by Sam Kriss - Numb at the LodgeWhen someone uses the words ‘late capitalism,’ you can’t really be sure at first whether they’re an actual historical materialist or whether they’re just using another name for Druj. He has lots of names these days.
Good and evil in Iran - by Sam Kriss - Numb at the LodgeI think teenagers are driven crazy by the life they're made to lead. Teenage apprentices in the Renaissance were working dogs. Teenagers now are neurotic lapdogs.
Why Nerds are UnpopularAs far as I can tell, the concept of the hormone-crazed teenager is coeval with suburbia.
Why Nerds are Unpopulara group of kids from higher in the hierarchy create bonds between themselves. Attacking an outsider makes them all insiders.
Why Nerds are UnpopularI didn't get the additional message. I wish they had just told us outright that we were savages and our world was stupid.
Why Nerds are Unpopular[1] Adults are sophisticated enough to see 2 year olds for the fascinatingly complex characters they are, whereas to most 6 year olds, 2 year olds are just defective 6 year olds.
Having KidsOn the other hand, what kind of wimpy ambition do you have if it won't survive having kids? Do you have so little to spare?
Having KidsOne sign of a city's potential as a technology center is the number of restaurants that still require jackets for men. According to Zagat's there are none in San Francisco, LA, Boston, or Seattle, 4 in DC, 6 in Chicago, 8 in London, 13 in New York, and 20 in Paris.
Cities and Ambition“touch the wounded flesh” [193] of those who suffer
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)In fact, peace is neither a naïve hope nor merely the absence of war; instead, it is always possible as the fruit of justice and charity.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)As a result, the concern is no longer the search for peace — which has been lost as a point of reference on the international stage — but rather how and when to take military action.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)with a troubling revival of war as an instrument of international politics, while the very ethical principles that had previously limited its use are being eroded.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)for the common good is taking on an increasingly universal dimension
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)a new form of power emerges, namely the power to profile, predict and influence behavior, often without individuals being fully aware of it.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)Founded on the enduring union between a man and a woman
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)since these metrics almost systematically neglect aspects essential to the overall wellbeing of people and the environment.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)Saint John Paul II recognized that unemployment is a grave evil.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)The need to keep up with the pace of technology can erode workers’ sense of agency and stifle the innovative abilities they are expected to bring to their work.” [152] Precisely in order to avoid this drift, it is necessary to design systems that are centered on the human person and not solely on performance.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)on the one hand, the love of God and neighbor; on the other, the exclusive love of self.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)If the human being is treated as something to be perfected or surpassed, it becomes easier to accept that some lives are less useful, less desirable or less worthy. In the name of progress, “necessary sacrifices” may begin to be justified, placing the burden on the most vulnerable in pursuit of a supposed optimization of the species.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)In reality, elevating any single dimension of human existence to an absolute is always a mistake. Indeed, disorder does not arise only from scarcity; even unchecked growth can give rise to impoverishment. In an ecosystem, balance is disrupted when one species expands at the expense of others; in human life, something similar occurs when one faculty claims to be the measure of everything. Thus, intelligence, when absolutized, overshadows other essential dimensions of life, such as affection, the will, commitment and relationships. Similarly, technical power, if left unbalanced, does not make us…
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)To disarm means discrediting the assumption that technical power automatically confers the right to govern.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)AI tends to amplify the power of those who already possess economic resources
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)the possibility of openly discussing the ethical frameworks involved and subjecting them to shared standards of social justice. Otherwise, those who control AI will impose their own moral vision, which will become the invisible infrastructure of these systems. A more moral AI is not enough if that morality is determined by a few. What is needed is a more active political involvement that is capable of slowing things down when everything is accelerating, and of protecting the opportunities for communities still to be able to participate and ask questions.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)the so-called “alignment” of AI with human values
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)criteria that contradict the inalienable dignity of the human person
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)Yet they can also encourage excessive reliance and the search for ready-made answers, and weaken personal creativity and judgment.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)It is not the experience of those who allow themselves to be shaped by life and grow over time through choices, mistakes, forgiveness and fidelity.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)First, any statement regarding AI risks becoming quickly outdated, given the remarkable pace at which these systems are developing. Second, all of us, including those who design them, possess only a limited understanding of their actual functioning.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)When it becomes the standard by which everything is judged, it begins to dictate what matters and what can be discarded
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)Secondly, building for the common good means accepting the limits and weakness of humanity without considering them an error to be corrected.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)I ask everyone to abandon the construction of yet another Tower of Babel and to join forces in building up the common good, so that humanity will never lose its beauty, and the world once again will come to recognize the human heart as the place where God desires to dwell.
Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)The animals took longer.
It is the end of the world and I am here to take you homecold enough to ache his teeth
It is the end of the world and I am here to take you homeStirabout oats with melted butter on top
It is the end of the world and I am here to take you homethere is more hair on her straw pillow now than her head
It is the end of the world and I am here to take you homewas carried in across trampled stalks by men without time to be gentle
It is the end of the world and I am here to take you hometo make sure nonstate actors don’t get a hold of these models
U.S. China AI talks: Bessent says U.S. leads, safety protocol plannedThe United States and China will set up a protocol for keeping powerful artificial intelligence models out of the hands of non-state actors, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday in an interview with CNBC. He did not offer more details, but Xi and Trump had been expected to discuss how to keep control over A.I. during their summit. “The two A.I. superpowers are going to start talking. We’re going to set up a protocol in terms of how do we go forward with best practices for A.I. to make sure non-state actors don’t get a hold of these models,” Bessent said.
Live Updates: Trump Bristles Ahead of More Meetings With Xi on Day 2 of China Summit - The New York TimesOnly after we force ourselves into an artificially desperate situation can we avoid cliche like the plague and reach the originality beyond.
Half A Month Of Consolation Writing AdviceWhen you demand even the flimsiest of details, nobody’s written a good blog post even on the ultra-controversial topics that everyone talks about every day.
Half A Month Of Consolation Writing Advice