LessWrong (30+ Karma) “If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies, another semi-outsider review” by manueldelrio
Hello there! This is my first post in Less Wrong, so I will be asking for your indulgence for any overall silliness or breaking of norms that I may inadvertently have fallen into. All feedback will be warmly taken and (ideally) interiorized.
A couple of months ago, dvd published a semi-outsider review of IABIED which I found rather interesting and gave me the idea of sharing my own. I also took notes of every chapter, which I keep in my blog.
My priors
I am a 40-ish year old Spaniard from the rural, northwest corner of the country, so I've never had any sort of face-to-face with the Rationalist community (with the partial exception of attending some online CFAR training sessions of late). There are many reasons why I feel drawn to the community, but in essence, they distill to the following two:
- My strongest, most inflexible, self-perceived terminal value is truth-seeking as the most valuable and meaningful human endeavor, with a quasi-religious, quasi-moral attachment to it.
- I am also an introverted, bookish nerd.
On the other hand, there are lots of things I find unpalatable. Top of the list would likely be polyamory. In second place, what [...]
The original text contained 8 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.
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First published:
December 11th, 2025
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.