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← A need shaped by evolution is still felt even when it is no longer needed to survive and reproduce

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Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under family family Everything filed under benchmarks benchmarks Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A need shaped by evolution is still felt even when it is no longer needed to survive and reproduce A need shaped by evolution is still felteven when it is no longer needed tosurvive and reproduce Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: At some point in evolutionary history, matter learned to feel. — tap to centre the map on it At some point in evolutionaryhistory, matter learned to feel. Last stated 4 weeks ago 24 Sept 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The need for religion derives from the child's helplessness and longing for a father, kept alive by fear of fate — tap to centre the map on it The need for religion derives fromthe child's helplessness and longingfor a father, kept alive by fear offate SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Our built-in emotions were tuned for a world that no longer exists, and hunger is one that now fails to guide us correctly. — tap to centre the map on it Our built-in emotions were tuned fora world that no longer exists, andhunger is one that now fails toguide us correctly. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having children is not a niche or selfish lifestyle choice, and people without children shouldn't bear the costs of a structure that fails everyone. — tap to centre the map on it Having children is not a niche orselfish lifestyle choice, and peoplewithout children shouldn't bear thecosts of a structure that failseveryone. Last stated 7 months ago 6 Apr 2026 MA Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Modern people are both more selfish and more guilt-stricken than people in the past. — tap to centre the map on it Modern people are both more selfishand more guilt-stricken than peoplein the past. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 DT Derek Thompson — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human desires have always grown faster than the ability to fulfill them. — tap to centre the map on it Human desires have always grownfaster than the ability to fulfillthem. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 AA Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cooperation, not struggle, drives human evolution, so the fighting instinct should be eliminated from people — tap to centre the map on it Cooperation, not struggle, driveshuman evolution, so the fightinginstinct should be eliminated frompeople Last stated 105 years ago 25 Apr 1921 SY Sun Yat-sen — holds since 1921-04-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Today's AIs are not alive: they lack embodiment, desires, survival instinct and therefore agency. — tap to centre the map on it Today's AIs are not alive: they lackembodiment, desires, survivalinstinct and therefore agency. Last stated 8 months ago 19 Feb 2026 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2026-02-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as aloose jumble of barely intelligent,looping processes producing only theillusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of coherent consciousness arises from experience being compressed into a single thread rather than from the brain's full underlying activity. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of coherent consciousnessarises from experience beingcompressed into a single threadrather than from the brain's fullunderlying activity. Last stated 9 months ago 4 Feb 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-02-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it AI sentience is a category error,and the chances of AIs beingsentient are vanishingly small. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI's sympathy and a friend's are not the same act: one is a learned pattern about what to say, the other rests on having felt the thing. — tap to centre the map on it An AI's sympathy and a friend's arenot the same act: one is a learnedpattern about what to say, the otherrests on having felt the thing. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Aug 2026 FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: As we redesign life with new technologies, we should weigh the welfare of all sentient beings, not just humans — tap to centre the map on it As we redesign life with newtechnologies, we should weigh thewelfare of all sentient beings, notjust humans Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Move fast and break things" is the wrong mantra when you are dealing with atoms; the job is to move fast and ship safely. — tap to centre the map on it "Move fast and break things" is thewrong mantra when you are dealingwith atoms; the job is to move fastand ship safely. Last stated 3 months ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI companies promote themselves around 'taste' because their products are unappealing outside tech circles. — tap to centre the map on it AI companies promote themselvesaround 'taste' because theirproducts are unappealing outsidetech circles. Last stated 7 months ago 26 Mar 2026 KC Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-03-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Algorithmic optimization can optimize people to be resentful and angry online — tap to centre the map on it Algorithmic optimization canoptimize people to be resentful andangry online Last stated 5 years ago 15 Feb 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-02-15 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A need shaped by evolution is still felt even when it is no longer needed to survive and reproduce Last stated 25 Sept 2015 · 11 years ago Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →