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Meditations on Moloch [Classic]

Astral Codex Ten Podcast

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How to Profit From a Slave Philosopher

In most in most past forms of slavery, especially those of the ancient world, it was common for slaves to be paid wages and treated well. He argues that this was the result of rational economic calculation. But many of the most important competitions slash optimization processes in modern civilization are optimizing for human values.

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