Main contents of the video, with some extra details: Introduction I suffered from low motivation several weeks ago. Luckily, that phase is over now. About 7 weeks ago I broke my left collarbone during a bicycle accident. It was a rather sunny day, so I didn’t expect those leaves on the road to be wet. Tragic mistake! It was a sharp downward curve in the forest and I lost control of my bicycle on the slippery leaves. Eventually, I fell [ Read More ]
Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category
I was wondering about our treatment of non-human animals. There’s such a wide range of interactions with them, from keeping them as pets, using them as consumable commodity, to destroying their habitats. What would be the right thing to do? How to deal with pets and wild animals? I found it hard to answer those questions. Then I was reminded of a really surprisingly effective method for resolving such tough issues: The principle based approach which was often successfully used [ Read More ]
How might the far future look like? That’s a question that’s intriguing me quite a lot. Science fiction movies and TV series might present some interesting ideas and concepts, but there’s certainly more to the future than such media can show. Some science fiction novels do present some plausible and fascinating scenarios. I’m most interested in visions that involve artificial general intelligence (strong AI) or vastly augmented human minds. Some of the most thought-provoking novels are: Accelerando by Charles Stross [ Read More ]
