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As Vannevar Bush observed, writing in 1949, the failure of the Nazis to develop a sufficiently effective proximity fuse, which allowed bombs to detonate just prior to hitting their targets, was a consequence of their arrogance, not their incompetence. The Germans, he wrote,32 were incredulous that “the verdammter Amerikaner” had succeeded “where th
... See moreAlexander C. Karp • The Technological Republic: The Sunday Times bestseller from the great minds behind Palantir
- It hacks our computers → cyber-defense
- It creates a super-plague → bio-defense
- It convinces us (either to trust it, or to distrust each other) → info-defense
eth.limo • D/Acc: One Year Later
“Those early cartoons,” Crawford writes, “present a rich phenomenology of what it is like to be an embodied agent in a world of artifacts and inexorable physical laws.” Then there’stoday’s Mickey Mouse Clubhouse:
Packy • Means and Meaning
The ubiquitous off-ramps and backup plans among the current generation, and instinct to burnish the rough edges off of one’s opinions, stand in opposition to throwing oneself into an endeavor with the abandon, nearly reckless, that is required to succeed, or at least fail in a sufficiently substantial way that provokes development.
Alexander C. Karp • The Technological Republic: The Sunday Times bestseller from the great minds behind Palantir
Such solutions don't work in all domains - we certainly don't want a world where everyone has to wear literal body armor - but in domains where we can build technology to make the world more defense-favoring, there is enormous value in doing so.
My Techno-Optimism
Compared to this, the common e/acc message of "you're already a hero just the way you are" is understandably extremely appealing. A d/acc message, one that says "you should build, and build profitable things, but be much more selective and intentional in making sure you are building things that help you and humanity thrive", may be a winner.
My Techno-Optimism
To me, this approach seems risky, and could combine the flaws of multipolar races and centralization. If we have to limit people, it seems better to limit everyone on an equal footing, and do the hard work of actually trying to cooperate to organize that instead of one party seeking to dominate everyone else.
eth.limo • D/Acc: One Year Later
enthusiasm about modern military technology as a force for good seems to require believing that the dominant technological power will reliably be one of the good guys in most conflicts, now and in the future : military technology is good because military technology is being built and controlled by America and America is good. Does being an e/acc re... See more
My Techno-Optimism
And I think that one of the reasons that with more means, we seem to find less meaning, is that means give you permission to pay less attention .