The Real Alignment Problem
If you’d be willing to die for anything, you should die for this — and you probably will. [Note: I’ve been working on something longer & more rigorous, but here
Tag: nuclear
Nuclear policy is evil not irrational
Hey we’re all gonna die one day but did you know the US government has a plan for how we can all die together? Literally everyone should read Daniel Ellsberg’s
Dammit I’m mad
I’m a complete amateur at this stuff but I try to keep my hand in, because it seems important. In fact, the most important thing there is: good old Cold War-style
If we take Taleb seriously
To take Nassim Nicholas Taleb seriously one first needs to unsubscribe from his Twitter feed, then un-like him on Facebook and then read his books, especially Antifragile and Black Swan: his
What’s the worst that could happen?
Well, thinking in quantitative terms, maybe we can actually figure out the literal worst thing that could happen. First, assuming that each person can experience some pretty bad stuff, on
Letter From Planet Earth: Nuclear Weapons
Hey Gzorgax, Apologies that this is an email; I didn’t have time to write a snail-mail letter this week. But at least I can include some links below to some