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Here are the four stages, set out by Evans, and upon which any presumption of change through philosophical consideration is based. 1. Humans can know themselves. We can use our reason to examine our unconscious beliefs and values. 2. Humans can change themselves. We can use our reason to change our beliefs. This will change our emotions, because ou
... See moreDerren Brown • Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
Ultimately, he says, neuroscience will—and should—dictate human values.
Sally Satel • Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
‘A life without temporal boundaries,’ writes the philosopher Samuel Scheffler, ‘would be no more a life than a circle without a circumference would be a circle.’
Derren Brown • Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
So how could social labs help avert this apocalypse? There are three strategic responses based on the ideas presented in this book—stabilization, mitigation, and adaptation. Again, these are not silver bullets, but they demonstrate that practical responses are well within our means.
Joi Ito • The Social Labs Revolution
resilience and flexibility into their codes and conventions. But mostly those exercises in long-term planning have been all about preserving the current order, not making a preemptive choice to protect us against threats that might erupt three generations later.
Steven Johnson • Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most
Jordan Hall • The Game of Thrones | Deep Code Experiment: Episode 4
Philosophers David Hume and William James both understood the smallness of the individual human mind compared to the vast expanse of nature and society, and they emphasized the irrationalities of the human mind when facing the daily problems put before us. If we are building principles for politics, we need approaches which are relatively fortified
... See moreThat can no longer be taken for granted. Postmodern societies are marked by their lack of moral consensus.
