I have a short list of people who encapsulate my current foundational position. I call where I stand "Humilitant" -- militant humility ... and I list what I call the 4H club as the most important thinkers EVER to my own mental models:
Hume, Hayek, Helmuth (von Moltke), and (Robin) Hanson
You've already succeeded at your goals. You've brought important, neglected insights to me and many others. And you have often been the lone voice on certain topics - so we can honestly say that without Robin Hanson, humanity would be missing important understanding of multiple areas.
:-( I suppose she didn't want to be cryopresevered; do you want to share why? In a sense you're a sort of pastor yourself. You've accomplished a lot already - perhaps more than you realize.
So sorry to hear about your mother, Robin. I love that an estimated 20 million people have read one of her her essays, and I love that you took the time to come up with this estimate!
Sorry for your loss. Your mom had a good long run of it and it sounds like she had passions in life, so good for her.
This reminds me of a conversation I had with my son, where we debated how to trade off living in comfort vs. leaving a long-term imprint on the world. (You have people like Vincent Van Gogh who led spartan lives but achieved great success after they're gone.) My son's question was, why should you care one way or another what people think of you after you're dead? It doesn't affect you (the living you) in any way. Hard to argue and yet...many of us do care.
As I thought about it more, I decided this is one area where our genes' interests don't entirely align with our own ("our" meaning the pilots of these fleshy machines the genes build to propel themselves into the future). My genes are immortal in a sense, so it is extremely material what the future thinks of me, because it will reflect highly on them.
You are doing pretty well Mr Hanson. Polymarket et al have brought your ideas to life and will get hopefully mainstream sooner than later.
Hopefully, while you are still alive, your "Vote on values, but bet on beliefs" stuff gets implemented in some decentralised American city.
YOU MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, REST ASSURE FUTURE LEADERS WILL QUOTE TWEET YOU A LOT.
My condolences, Robin.
I have a short list of people who encapsulate my current foundational position. I call where I stand "Humilitant" -- militant humility ... and I list what I call the 4H club as the most important thinkers EVER to my own mental models:
Hume, Hayek, Helmuth (von Moltke), and (Robin) Hanson
You've certainly done your part for me.
Best wishes to you and your family.
You've already succeeded at your goals. You've brought important, neglected insights to me and many others. And you have often been the lone voice on certain topics - so we can honestly say that without Robin Hanson, humanity would be missing important understanding of multiple areas.
Sorry for your loss, Robin.
Sorry to hear about your mom. May her memory be a blessing.
:-( I suppose she didn't want to be cryopresevered; do you want to share why? In a sense you're a sort of pastor yourself. You've accomplished a lot already - perhaps more than you realize.
So sorry to hear about your mother, Robin. I love that an estimated 20 million people have read one of her her essays, and I love that you took the time to come up with this estimate!
Sorry for your loss. Your mom had a good long run of it and it sounds like she had passions in life, so good for her.
This reminds me of a conversation I had with my son, where we debated how to trade off living in comfort vs. leaving a long-term imprint on the world. (You have people like Vincent Van Gogh who led spartan lives but achieved great success after they're gone.) My son's question was, why should you care one way or another what people think of you after you're dead? It doesn't affect you (the living you) in any way. Hard to argue and yet...many of us do care.
As I thought about it more, I decided this is one area where our genes' interests don't entirely align with our own ("our" meaning the pilots of these fleshy machines the genes build to propel themselves into the future). My genes are immortal in a sense, so it is extremely material what the future thinks of me, because it will reflect highly on them.
If you think in terms of cultural evolution you will see less conflict between natural selection and leaving a long term impact outside your DNA.
How being a progammar and a missionary on the side worked. Weren't there are like value conflict and time commitment issues ?
Appreciated this post. May your mother Rest in Peace and her memory a Blessing.
AI allows for rapid fermi-approx meta-analytics. Which is a tough new standard for Intellectual commodity production.
Your 'prediction market' win has been a grand success, I wonder how much the patent owner captured the surplus (lol).