Pessimism, Xrisk, Dissensus, and Sailing Adventures, a Flotilla Chat

Pessimism, Xrisk, Dissensus, and Sailing Adventures, a Flotilla Chat | Episode 16

Mar 27, 2023 · 1h 17m 46s

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When Matt emailed me out of the blue to tell me he thought I was pessimistic and that he disagreed with several of the things I’ve said on the podcast,...

When Matt emailed me out of the blue to tell me he thought I was pessimistic and that he disagreed with several of the things I’ve said on the podcast, I knew we had to talk. We discuss:

pessimism
xrisk, including AI, his interest,
risk at the scale of the personal life, and why Matt chose to introduce risk into his life,
the lifeboat flotilla,
dissensus,
and more.

By the way, we mention but don’t discuss much in depth the concept of dissensus. I was introduced to the word by JMG’s writing, probably this post from 2008. I recommend it. The concept is central to much of my thinking.

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