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Human Significance and the Vastness of the Universe
Humans in a larger universe can be wealthier and more powerful, and thus more significant, than humans in a smaller universe.
 • Saul Zimet
Why AI Doomers Spread Counter-Enlightenment H.P. Lovecraft Memes
Will the spread of artificial intelligence, and therefore the growth of knowledge, cause humanity's extinction or salvation?
 • Saul Zimet
Why Pursuing Knowledge Is a Better-than-Chance Moral Bet
Self-correction is the asymmetry between the pro-Enlightenment and nihilistic or anti-Enlightenment moral risks.
 • Saul Zimet
JD Vance's Antitrust Agenda Threatens Humanity's Technological Future
The Vice President's praise of Lina Khan makes his threats against big tech far more serious.
 • Saul Zimet
The Hierarchy of Pascalian Wagers
Blaise Pascal may not have bet on the right horse, but he was right to gamble on the race.
 • Saul Zimet
Heinlein’s Wager
In 1942, Robert A. Heinlein imagined a civilization that responds to nihilism not with dogma, but with a centuries-long research project. Today, Oxford…
 • Saul Zimet
The 15-Hour Work Week Was Always a Terrible Idea
Some fantasize about a dramatically reduced work week because they misunderstand the purpose of work and the importance of leisure.
 • Saul Zimet
Knowledge Maximalism
Knowledge Maximalism
The pursuit of knowledge is morally good, responsible for humanity's modern prosperity, and the practical path toward unbounded progress.
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