this, but for politicshttps://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/810281385852276736 …
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What's the difference between epicureanism and utilitarianism?
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Um. It's a specific implementation? Maximizing utility via wu wei? idk to be honest I'm mostly making this up
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I can give a more explicit explanation of the serious part of what I have in mind if you like
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I'm kind of curious
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the salient features of Epicureanism, imo and especially for the present, are political disengagement and cultivation of a rich private life
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stylized claims: US society suffers from politicization of previously-private spaces, and from deteriorating social bonds
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one narrative: pre-systematic bonds getting crowded out by unfit, hostile eternalist systems, a la
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Unsure whether this kind of Epicureanism serves as a bridge to fluidity or just a palliative All pretty inchoate but it's my ~ aesthetic
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apartment with a cat, but I've thought about how to form a commune mostly it seems like a bad idea so: frequent happy hours
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my commune will have Oneida-style free spouse-swapping for all or it will be bullshit http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/cities/oneida.html …
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holy cow, the eugenics also reminds me a bit of the Münster Calvinists why do religious cults always end up at polygamy anyway amazing
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I hadn't but dang this guy is Rad Thank you!
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