This sequence of words does not make sense to me.
I hope the unraveling means the damage is self-limiting.
I haven't thought deeply about this question. But it certainly has, what I might characterize as, relatively obvious surface level concerns.
Unsurprisingly to people who are familiar with my views more broadly, you might expect that I'd view this as yet another example of why I think market maximalism as an ethical foundation for organizing society is, actually a pretty terrible idea. I think the reason it's terrible are not hard to grasp. I think the people who argue for it, engage in a pretty epic amount of motivated reasoning, if not outright ignorance of domains for which they have little or no understanding.
But yeah, this is an important question.
I think your question is a generally interesting one, that I think is of potential real concern into the future. For instance, imagine having a brain-neural interface that augments your intelligence. If your wealth is what determines who much your intelligence is augmented, then you've introduced a permanent structural set of power dynamics with deep social, cultural and economic consequences.
I think the grand irony of the entire enterprise of Musk's is that he has become the mind virus. He's not actually the one fighting it. Sad way to bookend one of the greatest entrepreneurial careers in human history.
The algorithm wants you be as upset as possible. It's terminal goal is to turn you into a doomscrolling zombie who hates the world.
Another item on the stack! Thank you!
I literally just listened to Nita's interview on Sean Carroll's Mindscape Podcast and this book is already in my Audible Library, ready to go!
This weekend's reading for me, is going to be going deep into the ethics of cognitive liberty, AI, and neural interfaces. Quite a bit of interesting stuff going on this space, and excited to get up to speed on it. My instinct is there's serious dangers ahead for us to be thinking about as a society.
I think I have. It's called Sand Hill Road.
So sad to be missing Nostrica! Really wanted to see the Bitcoin Jungle up close and feel the excitement and energy! Have fun, everyone!
Does Ethereum still exist?
I'd take the under on it staying decorrelated. Then again, I predicted this wouldn't happen at all just a week ago. So you're welcome to take my prediction with a grain of salt.
Yep. I would argue that ideology and culture plays an even more outsized role. In particular, because production mode preferences are completely normative.
Yep. They respond to economic incentives. But they also respond to other incentives, which at times, may supersede economic incentives, up to and including, going completely contrary to economic incentives. This is the fatal flaw at the bottom of belief systems that think market maximalism will heal all that ails us.
The homo economictus model for predicting human behavior is a source of endless confusion, by otherwise incredibly intelligent people.