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E10: Disenfranchised men, AI Doomerism, and the Problems with Effective Altruism, with Amjad Masad
From"Moment of Zen"
E10: Disenfranchised men, AI Doomerism, and the Problems with Effective Altruism, with Amjad Masad
From"Moment of Zen"
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Length:
120 minutes
Released:
Feb 26, 2023
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Podcast episode
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2:15 Replika caused Amjad to downgrade his view of humanity3:15 Some men are down bad5:15 Should we bring back monogamy?8:15 If you’re not a top man, you’re screwed (phew)13:00 Thought experiment16:40 Antonio brings up Israel again (drink!)18:15 “You don’t know what life is until you birth a child and bury a parent”19:15 Unintended policy side effects25:25 How to solve population crisis27:45 WTF happened in 1971?29:15 High and low time preference35:15 Dating app preferences39:00 Group narcissism41:25 Groups that inbreed focus more on kinship45:15 AI doomerism50:45 from New Atheism to SJ to EA to AI Safety1:00:15 Antonio calls out Eliezer Yudkowski1:00:45 Criticizing Utilitarianism/Effective Altruism1:10:15 Jesus vs Nietzsche1:10:45 Bronze Age Pervert1:13:15 Antonio recommends converting to Judaism1:14:30 Why is EA so popular in Silicon Valley?1:18:10 Why are EA just normie liberals1:19:00 EA’s importance1:24:15 The right way to think about alignment1:27:15 Robert Conquest’s second law1:30:15 Entryism1:33:45 is right wing EA a thing?
Released:
Feb 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (77)
E11: America as a culture exporter, Egalitarianism eats the world, and why wokeness isn't receding: "If you can't compete on history, compete on philosophy" We record our interviews with Riverside. Go to https://bit.ly/Riverside_MoZ + use code ZEN for 20%. Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MomentofZenPodcast. (13:00) Why knowing history makes you a better entrepreneur (20:00) Christianity’s moral innovations (29:00) America as culture exporter (37:00) Consumer culture and social progressivism (50:00) Egalitarianism eats the world (1:04:48) Equality of Opportunity vs Equality of Outcome (1:12:00) Equality of Opportunity IS Equality of Outcome (1:17:00) Wokeness isn't receding More shownotes and reading material released in our Substack: https://momentofzen.substack.com/ Thank you Secureframe for sponsoring (Use "Moment of Zen" for 20% discount) and Graham Bessellieu for production. by "Moment of Zen"