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#803 - Nick Bostrom - Are We Headed For AI Utopia Or Disaster?

Modern Wisdom

Living in a solved world; The Absence Needed to Make Something Valuable

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Human philosophy and value seem to essentially involve negotiating with a world full of practical necessities, striving to satisfy desires and cope with struggles. The human soul is likened to a bug's exoskeleton that holds its structure, suggesting that our existence is structured around instrumental necessities. The satisfaction of desires is deeply intertwined with the absence of those desires, raising the question of what would give meaning to life if all absences were eliminated and only presence remained.

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