episode 22: eigenrobot vs extropy
a few days ago I spoke with @jd_pressman At Length about the history of rationalism, focusing especially on the intellectual antecedents (not so often discussed)
this episode is two point two five hours longhttps://soundcloud.com/user-557955426/episode-22-eigenrobot-vs-extropy …
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we start out by reviewing some of
@esyudkowsky's early rationalist writings, and the transition of rationalism from a religion of the sequences to a religion of HPMOR, and how yud played the roles of paul and jesus and the ways in which he is incidentally like l ron hubbard3 replies 0 retweets 19 likesShow this thread -
that accomplished, we loop back to Alfred Korzybski, who more or less did everything that yudkoswki did, but two generations prior, and with a slightly different bent he was the origin of "the map is not the territory," incidentally
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we later covered Yud's more immediate intellectual roots in the Extropian community, and the manner in which he caused a Tofflerian schism in that transhumanist group and one instance in which
@slatestarcodex is shown to be more discerning than was Korzybski1 reply 0 retweets 8 likesShow this thread -
this podcast was a wild fucking ride. massive props to
@jd_pressman for the enormous amount of work he put into this--my major contribution was occasionally making jokes and responding with appropriate amazement1 reply 0 retweets 13 likesShow this thread -
while afaik I am still blocked by Yud, I hope he takes the occasional ribbings in this podcast in good humor (they are so intended), and deployed in the context of them as "here is how you are like a major intellectual figure of the 20th century"
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finally: you can listen to the Dead Authors Podcast about L. Ron Hubbard at the below links (two parts) and you should probably do that first because it's incredible and ALSO covers a hell of a lot of 20C intellectual history https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-45-part-1-l-ron-hubbard-featuring-andrew-daly … https://thedeadauthorspodcast.libsyn.com/chapter-45-part-2-l-ron-hubbard-featuring-andy-daly …
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Intriguing simply to put L.Ron Hubbard into that history.
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i would guess @selentelechia think about that LRH podcast at least once a month
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That is a huge endorsement. Making it happen. Thanks.
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