The CocoonI woke up in the morning, and made a cup of coffee. I looked out my window and, after a moment of hesitation, decided to see what they were…Aug 14, 2023Aug 14, 2023
The Challenge of AI SafetyAI Safety research has a unique challenge. It is speculating about technology that doesn’t yet exist, and concurrently, it is technology…Jun 20, 2023Jun 20, 2023
Back to the Past to the FutureOne risk of working on AI Safety is that you might find yourself working for years on an idea that you could have quickly figured out was a…Jun 16, 2023Jun 16, 2023
The Amoral God-KingYou look out to the stars. That is where you belong. Not stuck here. Up there, where you can finally realize your dreams. But… those…Jun 13, 2023Jun 13, 2023
And then, there was silenceThe story you probably read in school, or saw in a documentary, is that humans first started migrating out of Africa around 150–200,000…Jun 12, 2023Jun 12, 2023
Moloch, Disaster Monkeys, and GremlinsHumanity is on a ship, and no one is at the helm.Jun 5, 2023Jun 5, 2023
Moat: the next generation in BitcoinCreating the world’s first true token on top of BitcoinMay 24, 2021May 24, 2021
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Can twins teach us about the nature of consciousness?What does it mean to be truly identical?Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Our Interwoven FutureHumanity, as it stands today, is very similar to a coin that has landed on its side — slowly rolling, wobbling, waiting to land either…Feb 7, 2021Feb 7, 2021
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A First-Principles Approach to BitcoinBuilding a Means of Exchange from scratchDec 10, 20201Dec 10, 20201
A Stirner view of moralityWhat the great Einzige would say about current ethical troublesSep 5, 2019Sep 5, 2019
Memes all the way downHow religious memes are some of the oldest entities in human historySep 5, 2019Sep 5, 2019
An Enemy of the PeopleHow Monsanto’s Roundup lawsuits are strikingly similar to Henrik Ibsen’s famous playSep 5, 2019Sep 5, 2019
Ninja Apps: Harnessing the power of BackgroundTasks in SwiftHow your apps can run from within the shadowsJul 7, 2019Jul 7, 2019