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Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under family family Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under health and fitness health and fitness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Life extension will bring not immortality but amortality, and the fear of accidental death will make people anxious and miserable Life extension will bring not immortalitybut amortality, and the fear of accidentaldeath will make people anxious andmiserable Last stated 3 years ago 11 Jan 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-01-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Accepting that life is finite makes it feel more vital, not more bleak. — tap to centre the map on it Accepting that life is finite makesit feel more vital, not more bleak. Last stated 2 years ago 25 Jun 2024 TS Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2024-06-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Understanding that death is nothing to us makes mortal life enjoyable, by taking away the longing for immortality — tap to centre the map on it Understanding that death is nothingto us makes mortal life enjoyable,by taking away the longing forimmortality EP Epicurus — holds since c. 341–270 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Coming near to bliss, immortality and divinity is likely to deflect humankind towards entirely different destinations — tap to centre the map on it Coming near to bliss, immortalityand divinity is likely to deflecthumankind towards entirely differentdestinations YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: Falling birth rates make a society less able to be hopeful, because nihilism creeps in when people have no stake in the future. — tap to centre the map on it Falling birth rates make a societyless able to be hopeful, becausenihilism creeps in when people haveno stake in the future. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making humanity's long-term potential the overriding priority licenses imposing real costs on people who are alive today. — tap to centre the map on it Making humanity's long-termpotential the overriding prioritylicenses imposing real costs onpeople who are alive today. Last stated 3 years ago 21 Dec 2023 MJ Matt Johnson — holds since 2023-12-21 — tap for who they are ÉT Émile P. Torres — holds since 2021-10-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humankind is likely to reach for bliss, divinity and immortality even if it kills us — tap to centre the map on it Humankind is likely to reach forbliss, divinity and immortality evenif it kills us YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: Extending the human lifespan past its natural ceiling will require deep genetic engineering, not just better healthcare. — tap to centre the map on it Extending the human lifespan pastits natural ceiling will requiredeep genetic engineering, not justbetter healthcare. Last stated 6 years ago 14 Apr 2021 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2021-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Living for as long as possible is worth wanting: if you enjoy life now, more of it is simply better. — tap to centre the map on it Living for as long as possible isworth wanting: if you enjoy lifenow, more of it is simply better. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jun 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-06-16 — 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: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A liberal divorce law is wise — tap to centre the map on it A liberal divorce law is wise ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises — tap to centre the map on it A person with a spouse and childrenhas given hostages to fortune, sincethey hinder great enterprises FB Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Life extension will bring not immortality but amortality, and the fear of accidental death will make people anxious and miserable Last stated 11 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →