"Any sufficiently advanced act of benevolence is indistinguishable from either malevolence or chance. ~ Ethical Skeptic’s Third Law of Advanced Intelligence"
Not a law of God or of man that I have encountered in this Life - where, Yes, we are not alone ... .
Perhaps a law of a land where it is the custom to torture the meaning of words.
1 — go back and read your previous posts through that Third Law of Advanced Intelligence ... although a Taoist streak in me might reword that as the 'Third Law of Perception'.
2 — look forward to the book.
That provisional nature of benevolence, malevolence, and chance reminded of something that has been gnawing at me since watching a recent interview of Denis Rancourt regarding periodic, historic crests and troughs in a tension between somewhat simplistic 'either-or' extremes of hierarchy.
Denis has a top-rate mind, but from my experience, not all personal relationships are as transactional, or as static, as his broad brush strokes of 'society' would paint. Perhaps I am simply uncomfortable with the degree of granularity or scale from which his theory is painted. I still remember Maggie Thatcher's quip regarding 'society'.
I do not disagree with Denis. I just wonder where pattern recognition ends and pattern creation begins, and the social capital that allows narratives to emerge.
I acknowledge his main thesis that complexity outstrips the resources necessary to maintain it, but I also think there is a periodic emergence of corruption as pointed out by sources such as the Ponerology Substack or Dr. Ramani on YouTube.
But I was also reminded of a sentiment posed by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr during his debate with Chomsky over the Fermi paradox — that human intelligence may prove to be little more than a fatal mutation of a social species.
Finally. Your background explains so much. Thank you!
Thank you once more Mr Cunningham.
So many posts, articles and moments from early 2020……..long time folleauges. 🙏💪💖
I am unable to arrive at any acceptable comment as my karma just ran over my dogma.
Very exciting! I hope I will be able to purchase this in Europe.
Finally, a book by TES.
Looking forward to buying and reading it, shipmate.
Any chance it will have both hardbound and paperback? I'd like to have it in both for all the same reasons any bibliophile does.
Cheers.
"Any sufficiently advanced act of benevolence is indistinguishable from either malevolence or chance. ~ Ethical Skeptic’s Third Law of Advanced Intelligence"
Not a law of God or of man that I have encountered in this Life - where, Yes, we are not alone ... .
Perhaps a law of a land where it is the custom to torture the meaning of words.
Eyes open, no fear.
You have changed the way I look at everything. Initial fear turned into a deep humility & awe for creation.
Hello 'Roger'?
You convinced me to do two things —
1 — go back and read your previous posts through that Third Law of Advanced Intelligence ... although a Taoist streak in me might reword that as the 'Third Law of Perception'.
2 — look forward to the book.
That provisional nature of benevolence, malevolence, and chance reminded of something that has been gnawing at me since watching a recent interview of Denis Rancourt regarding periodic, historic crests and troughs in a tension between somewhat simplistic 'either-or' extremes of hierarchy.
https://denisrancourt.substack.com/p/why-the-establishment-wants-to-destroy?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=1767404&post_id=192269390&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=d530j&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Denis has a top-rate mind, but from my experience, not all personal relationships are as transactional, or as static, as his broad brush strokes of 'society' would paint. Perhaps I am simply uncomfortable with the degree of granularity or scale from which his theory is painted. I still remember Maggie Thatcher's quip regarding 'society'.
I do not disagree with Denis. I just wonder where pattern recognition ends and pattern creation begins, and the social capital that allows narratives to emerge.
Another book with a compelling argument for periodic collapse is Joseph Tainter's 'Collapse of Complex Societies'. https://annas-archive.gl/md5/95d1f492d6186fc1676042fa835d224e
I acknowledge his main thesis that complexity outstrips the resources necessary to maintain it, but I also think there is a periodic emergence of corruption as pointed out by sources such as the Ponerology Substack or Dr. Ramani on YouTube.
But I was also reminded of a sentiment posed by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr during his debate with Chomsky over the Fermi paradox — that human intelligence may prove to be little more than a fatal mutation of a social species.
Cheers from Japan
steve
There goes my summer vacation.
Don't wait too long. Lots of things breaking open out there.
So you're revealing yourself? Roger that.