We have a duty to expand the scope and scale of civilization in order to preserve the state of matter that is intelligence in our corner of the universe
It is the only way. Growth ensures lower likelihood of annihilation
this chart should be the death knell for the 2010s tech left whose theology compelled them to argue that Uber was some sort of labor law arbitrage that created no productivity benefits. the truth is that it created a far larger market than taxis ever had. the industrialists win
Saturday will be one of the hottest days of the year for the entire Bay Area. Downtown San Francisco is forecast to reach 94°F in the afternoon, while Ocean Beach, just over 6 miles to the west, is expected to be in the low 60s.
The Outer Sunset and Outer Richmond could briefly climb into the 80s around noon before the sea breeze kicks in during the afternoon.
Welcome to Indian Summer.
our selfish genes and mutual bits of information guide our wants and desires to secure their persistence
such is the nature of life and all complex-self adaptive entitites part of the acceleration
an instinctive love for my mammalian brothers. I would sacrifice a million reptiles that pose me no harm for the sake of a lion, who could slay me without effort. forgo a million species of fish to save the blue whales from leaving. most of you will feel similarly. not sure why
AI will generate hundreds of billions of dollars in philanthropic funding
openai foundation is donating ~$220B
and Anthropic co-founders pledged to donate 80% of their wealth
so we have a HUGE amount of work to do to ensure we’re allocating this capital well
The EA Doomers are too "rational" and autistically repressed to appreciate art
Post-rational e/acc 's appreciate the importance of memetic-genetic-techno-capital co evolution and are very much pro-art
this is desperately needed in SF where artists have been arguably even more priced out - but possibly via philanthropic capital associated with the AI ecosystem?
it’s also strange that there is so much philanthropic goodwill within frontier labs but little of it seems to be invested back into the city that’s supporting the AI boom, but has been extremely hallowed out culturewise due to rising costs of living