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Daniel Schmachtenberger: “Bend not Break #2: Maximum Power and Hyper Agents”

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

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The Hunter Versus the Guy With the Plow

Tech is built to do a first order effect on one or a small number of known metrics. The tech is going to have second and third and fourth order effects on a very large number of as yet unknown metricss where the harm is going to occur. So we are optimizing for opportunity es risk. There's a reason why it is intrinsically cognitively easier, let alone game theoretically easier, pragmatically easier.

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