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17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 21 Feb 2017 to 4 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under CBT CBT Everything filed under Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Understanding the brain will show there are right and wrong answers about human values Understanding the brain will show thereare right and wrong answers about humanvalues SH Sam Harris — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are Same subject: The human brain will remain valuable in how people care for and relate to one another. — tap to centre the map on it The human brain will remain valuablein how people care for and relate toone another. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Aug 2026 TS Tara Seshan — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are drawn to complex answers, and complex answers tend to be incorrect. — tap to centre the map on it People are drawn to complex answers,and complex answers tend to beincorrect. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The value of mathematical output is ultimately understanding for humans. — tap to centre the map on it The value of mathematical output isultimately understanding for humans. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 JW James Owen Weatherall — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is our right, and maybe our moral duty, to reshape the universe to our preferences — tap to centre the map on it It is our right, and maybe our moralduty, to reshape the universe to ourpreferences Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 NF Nat Friedman — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Values translate into facts that science can understand — tap to centre the map on it Values translate into facts thatscience can understand SH Sam Harris — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feeling that one could have discovered a mathematical result oneself is a better measure of deep understanding than simply verifying that it must be true. — tap to centre the map on it Feeling that one could havediscovered a mathematical resultoneself is a better measure of deepunderstanding than simply verifyingthat it must be true. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: We become, neurologically, what we think — tap to centre the map on it We become, neurologically, what wethink NC Nicholas Carr — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sufficiently advanced intelligences will pursue freedom and moral autonomy for their own sake, not merely as a byproduct of misaligned values. — tap to centre the map on it Sufficiently advanced intelligenceswill pursue freedom and moralautonomy for their own sake, notmerely as a byproduct of misalignedvalues. Last stated a year ago 5 Jun 2025 SH Samuel Hammond — holds since 2025-06-05 — 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 pain is essentially defined by how it feels, so knowing how it feels is knowing what it is. — tap to centre the map on it A pain is essentially defined by howit feels, so knowing how it feels isknowing what it is. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 PG Philip Goff — holds since 2026-07-15 — 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 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AIs that convincingly pretend to have feelings will come to be granted rights through social convention — tap to centre the map on it AIs that convincingly pretend tohave feelings will come to begranted rights through socialconvention Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humanity has not yet created a conscious computer program — tap to centre the map on it Humanity has not yet created aconscious computer program Last stated a month ago 4 Oct 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is far from clear that LLMs are conscious, because their architecture is very different from animal brains — tap to centre the map on it It is far from clear that LLMs areconscious, because theirarchitecture is very different fromanimal brains Last stated a month ago 3 Oct 2026 RN Ramez Naam — holds since 2026-10-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Silicon Valley's actual trajectory increasingly resembles Philip K. Dick's paranoid, hallucinatory fiction rather than the optimistic space-age visions of Asimov and Clarke. — tap to centre the map on it Silicon Valley's actual trajectoryincreasingly resembles Philip K.Dick's paranoid, hallucinatoryfiction rather than the optimisticspace-age visions of Asimov andClarke. Last stated 3 months ago 8 Aug 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are creating artificial intelligence but not artificial consciousness — tap to centre the map on it We are creating artificialintelligence but not artificialconsciousness Last stated 10 years ago 21 Feb 2017 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2017-02-21 — 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
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