
#51 Daniel Schmachtenberger: Meta Existential Risk
The Rhys Show
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Is There a New Epistemology That Will Allow Us to Succeed?
When you think about taking an action before you do it, try to go to that root cause level. And then B, what are the externalities of that action? So in this final piece, which you're getting to here is this map is not the territory thing here. And it's especially true for complex systems. It is a lot easier to break shit than it is to actually protect or build stuff. This is something we have to consider very deeply. We kind of ignore the ugly parts and let's keep pushing and focusing on the good side of technology at all costs. The positive applications don't actually get to matter anymore because they can be so destructive.
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