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← Values exist only relative to changes in the well-being of conscious creatures

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 25 Sept 2015 to 18 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Values exist only relative to changes in the well-being of conscious creatures Values exist only relative to changes inthe well-being of conscious creatures SH Sam Harris — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are Same subject: Questions about values are really questions about the well-being of conscious creatures — tap to centre the map on it Questions about values are reallyquestions about the well-being ofconscious creatures SH Sam Harris — holds since c. 2010 — tap for who they are Same subject: One cannot consistently be both a realist about qualia and an anti-realist about value. — tap to centre the map on it One cannot consistently be both arealist about qualia and ananti-realist about value. Last stated 5 months ago 8 Jun 2026 PG Philip Goff — holds since 2026-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The mere size of a difference does not decide whether it deserves philosophic study — tap to centre the map on it The mere size of a difference doesnot decide whether it deservesphilosophic study WJ William James — holds since c. 1879–1896 — tap for who they are Same subject: That a pitiless war within each species is a condition of progress is unproved and unconfirmed by direct observation — tap to centre the map on it That a pitiless war within eachspecies is a condition of progressis unproved and unconfirmed bydirect observation PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Denying matter does not deny the real existence of the things we see and touch — tap to centre the map on it Denying matter does not deny thereal existence of the things we seeand touch GB George Berkeley — holds since c. 1710–1734 — tap for who they are Same subject: Only the value of improvements, not the land itself, is rightly individual property — tap to centre the map on it Only the value of improvements, notthe land itself, is rightlyindividual property TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1795–1797 — tap for who they are Same subject: If life is only absurd and freedom bounded by limited fate, what counts is the most living, not the best — tap to centre the map on it If life is only absurd and freedombounded by limited fate, what countsis the most living, not the best AC Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are Same subject: Life is worth living deliberately, facing only its essential facts, so as not to find at death that one has not lived — tap to centre the map on it Life is worth living deliberately,facing only its essential facts, soas not to find at death that one hasnot lived HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since c. 1854 — 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 3 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 drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Values exist only relative to changes in the well-being of conscious creatures Last stated c. 2010 Holds Sam Harris Read this korrent →