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Future Thinkers

Daniel Schmachtenberger - Pt 3: Solving The Generator Functions of Existential Risks

Jul 17, 2018
39:06

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Quick takeaways

  • Designing a new civilization that prioritizes coherence, closed-loop systems, and comprehensive sense-making and choice-making can mitigate existential risks.
  • Transitioning towards a full-stack civilization that promotes anti-rivalrous dynamics, focuses on shared access to resources, and prioritizes intrinsic value over instrumental value is crucial for addressing existential risks.

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A Vision for a Post-Existential Risk Future

In this episode, Daniel Schmachtenberger shares his vision for a path towards a post-existential risk future. He emphasizes the importance of designing a new civilization that incorporates three key features: coherence, closed-loop systems, and comprehensive sense-making and choice-making. By prioritizing these features, we can create a society that is not oriented towards competition or incentives. This new civilization design aims to eliminate structural incentives that lead to rivalry and instead focuses on increasing inter-personal coherence to foster collective intelligence and creativity.

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