The addiction to politics
Can politics become an addiction? A more realistic question is to ask why politics is an addiction for so many people. The most straightforward answer would be that a compulsive interest in politics just reflects a natural preoccupation with advancing one’s interest (or that of others). But as was discussed in the previous installment, The [...]
Singularity economics and the future of money
On his website, Robin Hanson discusses an unfilled niche in economics which he calls the “economics of science fiction” or “economics of future technology.” Another modern phrase would be “Singularity economics.” Hanson describes the economics of science fiction as the: “economic analysis of the sorts of assumptions typically explored in science fiction. It is distinguished [...]
Depressed Metabolism- Buddhism and the scientific worldview
- Ken Hayworth on straight freezing in cryonics
- The low-hanging fruit of technological progress
- Free will versus determinism as it relates to cryonics
- How many neurons need to survive for cryonics to work?
- Chemical preservation and cryonics research
- The presumption of death
- Cryonics and fear of the future
- Hard determinism and the problem of evil
- Ocean power: a new era in energy