Monthly Archives: July 2015

Enabling Ethical Development of Strong AI – continued

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Ted Howard NZ

Enabling the ethical development of strong AI – continued Hi David How can we be certain of anything? Are you certain of anything? Are you certain the economic system will deliver on your investments? Confidence I can live with, within … Continue reading →

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Evonomics

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Ted Howard NZ

Evonomics Magazine We’re glad to be a part of this revolutionary movement. Economics needs to be fixed and we’re here to clean up the mess made by traditional economic thinking! I largely agree with Ineke and it is more complex. … Continue reading →

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Identity

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Ted Howard NZ

Question of the Day, July 24-25, 2015, Changing our identity “Do ‘We LITERALLY need to die to the old neurological/biological self and be born into the new? Clearly no. Not literally. Snakes do not die when shedding their skin, the … Continue reading →

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Effective Altruism

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Ted Howard NZ

Effective Altruism Eliezer Yudkowsky July 24 at 6:37am I think there is another level entirely available here. My wife and I have given $300 a month to UNESCO for many years. It is targeted to those who most need urgent … Continue reading →

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Connections and Cynefin

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Ted Howard NZ

Cynefin and cluster connectivity Hi David, Only discovered your work a couple of weeks ago, have watched everything you have on Youtube and have read everything I could get my hands on. Since realising in 1974 that indefinite life extension … Continue reading →

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Perfection ?

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Ted Howard NZ

Question of the Day, July 22-23, 2015 Imperfect perfection… “Sometimes we feel ashamed or frightened by our imperfections, or we strive so hard to overcome them that we successfully close our lives down to a narrow, controllable scale. Spiritual awakening … Continue reading →

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Cartoon on cancer industry

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Ted Howard NZ

Cartoon – one researcher to another – “Finding a cure for cancer would be the greatest thing since sliced bread. But remember that not finding it is how we butter our bread.” Response to a comment on my facebook page … Continue reading →

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Lying politicians

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Ted Howard NZ

Ailsa’s facebook – Idea of shock collars for politicians that go off if they lie. Wouldn’t work. The dominant technique employed today is to say things that are true, but in a context that most people will hear what they … Continue reading →

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Negative self talk

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Ted Howard NZ

Will’s blog – negative self talk. Just gotta let it do its thing and not take it at all seriously – its just a story that needs to be told. Doesn’t mean you have to believe it. [followed by] If … Continue reading →

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Climate change – another context

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Ted Howard NZ

Matt Ridley: What the climate wars did to science This is a really complex issue. Certainly there is evidence of human induced warming. Certainly there is evidence of the recent period of roughly 10,000 years of relative stability being very … Continue reading →

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